scramb

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English

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Etymology

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The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen (to graze, scratch)[1] and German schrammen (to scratch, scrape), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (a graze, scratch); further etymology unknown.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

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scramb (third-person singular simple present scrambs, present participle scrambing, simple past and past participle scrambed) (transitive, British, dialectal)

  1. To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram.
  2. To pull down or rip off (something) with force.
  3. (obsolete) To scrape (something) together with the hands.
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Noun

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scramb (plural scrambs)

  1. A handful of something scraped together.

References

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  1. ^ Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SCRAMB, v. and sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: [], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, [], publisher to the English Dialect Society, []; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 269:To scratch with the nails or claws.