limit vs scramble

limit

noun
  • The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. 

  • A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. 

  • The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. 

  • A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. 

  • Fixed limit. 

  • The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. 

  • A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. 

  • A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). 

  • Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. 

adj
  • Being a fixed limit game. 

verb
  • To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. 

  • To have a limit in a particular set. 

scramble

noun
  • A motocross race. 

  • An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage. 

  • An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft. 

  • A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface. 

  • Any frantic period of competitive activity. 

  • A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished. 

  • A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green. 

intj
  • Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it. 

verb
  • To be quickly deployed in this manner. 

  • To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner. 

  • To gather or collect by scrambling. 

  • To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. 

  • To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener. 

  • To partake in motocross. 

  • To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface. 

  • To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity. 

  • To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner. 

  • To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass. 

  • To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy. 

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