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scramping

scramping is the present participle and gerund of scramp.

Meaning of scramp

Verb

scramp (third-person singular simple present scramps, present participle scramping, simple past and past participle scramped)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To catch at; to snatch.

Questions about scramping

What is scramping the present participle and gerund of?
Scramping is the present participle and gerund of scramp.

Words near scramping in the dictionary

  1. scramjets
  2. scrammed
  3. scramming
  4. scramp
  5. scramped
  6. scramping
  7. scramps
  8. scrams
  9. scran
  10. scranch
  11. scranched

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