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scrambler

noun

Etymology

From scramble + -er.

  1. derived from schramm
  2. derived from schrammen — “to scratch, scrape”
  3. derived from schrammen — “to graze, scratch”
  4. formed as scramble — “scramb + -le”
  5. suffixed as scrambler — “scramble + er”

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that scrambles (in various senses).

    • May it comfort us latter-day scramblers up that fine old mountain to know that Le Conte found it "difficult and fatiguing in the extreme."
    • Want an egg sunny-side up? Just crack one into a container, nuke it for 30 seconds, extract it with the handy-dandy Egg Remover, and enjoy a soft yolk breakfast. If you want it scrambled, insert the gridded Egg Scrambler […]

  2. A vine that does not attach itself to its supports.

  3. A device that makes messages intentionally, but reversibly, unintelligible for reasons of…

    A device that makes messages intentionally, but reversibly, unintelligible for reasons of privacy or security.

    • In the movies spies are always talking over cell phones with built-in scramblers.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A motorcycle used for motocross.

The neighborhood

  • antonymdescramblerantonym(s) of “a device which scrambles messages/information”
  • antonymunscramblerantonym(s) of “a device which scrambles messages/information”

Derived

descrambler, unscrambler

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scrambler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA