scramb

/ skræm /

verb

1. dialect.
   tr to scratch with nails or claws

Word History and Origins

Origin of scramb¹

from Dutch schrammen

Example Sentences

Well, she was an enterprisin' little toad, was Miss Lot too, afeered of nothin' a'most; so nothin' would sarve her but she must out and have a scramb up to the tip-topest part of the peak afore breakfast.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, she was an enterprisin' little toad, was Miss Lot too, afeered of nothin' a'most; so nothin' would sarve her but she must out and have a scramb up to the tip-topest part of the peak afore breakfast.

From Project Gutenberg