scramble vs stay

scramble

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

  • 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 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A motocross race. 

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

stay

verb
  • To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power. 

  • To live; reside 

  • To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays. 

  • To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back. 

  • To brace or support with a stay or stays 

  • To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide. 

  • To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder. 

  • To continue to have a particular quality. 

  • To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship. 

  • To restrain; withhold; check; stop. 

  • To hold the attention of. 

  • To cause to cease; to put an end to. 

  • To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady. 

  • To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time. 

  • To tack; put on the other tack. 

adv
  • Steeply. 

adj
  • Steep; ascending. 

  • Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer. 

  • Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud. 

  • (of a roof) Steeply pitched. 

noun
  • A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element. 

  • Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time. 

  • A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing. 

  • A corset. 

  • Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety. 

  • A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence. 

  • A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel. 

  • The transverse piece in a chain-cable link. 

  • A prop; a support. 

  • A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment. 

  • A station or fixed anchorage for vessels. 

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