Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scramp

(UK, dialect, transitive) To catch at; to snatch.

simple past tense and past participle of SCRAM

plural of scramble crossing

An intersection at which traffic lights stop traffic from all directions to allow pedestrians to cross in any direction including diagonally.

Alternative form of scramasax

plural of scramaseax

(historical) The proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territories during the New Imperialist period between 1881 and 1914.

(chess) A situation in which one or both players have very little remaining time on their clocks, therefore increasing the chance of inaccuracies or blunders being played as well as the risk of flagging.