SCAMBLING


Meaning of SCAMBLING in English

I. noun

Etymology: origin unknown

dialect : a picked up meal

II. adjective

Etymology: from present participle of scamble (I)

1. obsolete : brawling , quarrelsome

2. : carelessly done : makeshift , shoddy

3. : irregularly spread out : scattered , rambling

a town scambling in all directions

4. : awkwardly formed or executed : shambling

little clean punching and a lot of holding in a scambling bout — Sunday Independent (Dublin)

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