scramble

1. A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.

   a last-minute scramble to the finish line

2. An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
3. A motocross race.
4. Any frantic period of competitive activity.

1. To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
2. To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
3. (of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.

   I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.

4. To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
5. To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
6. To be quickly deployed in this manner.
7. To partake in motocross.
8. To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
9. To gather or collect by scrambling.

   to scramble up wealth

10. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
11. To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.

interjection

Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it.