scrambler
Americannoun
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a person or thing that scrambles.
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an electronic device that mixes and confuses telecommunications signals in order to make them unintelligible through certain circuits.
noun
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a plant that produces long weak shoots by which it grows over other plants
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an electronic device that renders speech unintelligible during transmission, normal speech being restored at the receiving system
Etymology
Origin of scrambler
Example Sentences
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The egg scrambler jokes he learned about one attendee’s extreme competitiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
“That’s really kind of what you see from him, is just like a really good competitor, really savvy, moxie, scrambler, throw-on-the-run-like playmaker-type mentality.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024
Police said the suspect, who was wearing black clothing with an orange high-vis jacket, rode off on a bike, thought to be an e-bike or a scrambler bike.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024
The European common frog, by contrast, is a scrambler.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 10, 2023
Taking turns, they carried the big PRC-77 scrambler radio, which weighed 30 pounds with its battery.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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