scambling

1 of 2

noun

dialectal

: a picked up meal

scambling

2 of 2

adjective

1

obsolete : brawling, quarrelsome

2

: carelessly done : makeshift, shoddy

3

: irregularly spread out : scattered, rambling

a town scambling in all directions

4

: awkwardly formed or executed : shambling

little clean punching and a lot of holding in a scambling bout

—Sunday Independent (Dublin)

Word History

Etymology

Noun

origin unknown

Adjective

from present participle of scamble entry 1

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