scrambling

 
Pronunciation: /ˈskramblɪŋ/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the action of scrambling up or over rough or steep ground, especially as a leisure activity: the final push for the summit involved some exhilarating scrambling
  • British the sport of racing motorcycles over rough and hilly ground: he started racing in motorcycle scrambling at the age of ten
  • 2the alteration of the speech frequency of a telephone conversation or broadcast transmission so as to make it unintelligible without a decoding device: [as modifier]: he activated the aircraft’s radar scrambling unit