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 Eagles defence will be swarming all over Mahomes, but they have to be careful not to get too aggressive and allow him to wriggle free because he is a lethal scrambler in the play-offs.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025
“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
The European common frog, by contrast, is a scrambler.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 10, 2023
Eleven quad bikes, nine scrambler motorbikes, two all-terrain vehicles, and one road motorbike have been seized.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
“Nick Yew's dad's”—Pete Redmarley spoke like we were in the middle of a discussion—“selling Tom's old Suzuki scrambler to Grant Burch.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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