scramb

Meanings

Verb

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

Noun

• A handful of something scraped together.

Origin

• The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen and German schrammen, from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme; further etymology unknown.
• The noun is derived from the verb.