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Mad rush
Answer for the clue "Mad rush ", 8 letters:
scramble
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, "an eager, rude contest or struggle," from scramble (v.). Meaning "a walk or ramble involving clambering and struggling with obstacles" is from 1755. Meaning "rapid take-off" first recorded 1940, R.A.F. slang.
Wikipedia
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is a 1981 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game . It was developed by Konami , and manufactured and distributed by Leijac in Japan and Stern in North America. It was the first side-scrolling hooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels . ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES scrambled egg COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB around ▪ The money has run out before on him, but we scrambled around to get him to stay. ▪ The music press scrambled around , at times rather pathetically, to grasp ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scramble \Scram"ble\, n. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office. Scarcity [of money] ...
Usage examples of scramble.
She scrambled through the afterclap of her own wagon and, within a short while, emerged again.
Clutching his bow and quiver, Alec dropped and scrambled on his belly to the nearest trees.
Scrambling to his feet, Alec glimpsed a pair of bony ankles at lynn Flewelling the head of the stairs.
A conclusion that sent Harold Smith scrambling for his green wastebasket and fumbling to his desktop an assortment of aspirins, antacids and other remedies.
He could see Bamaputra and Antal scrambling to destroy incriminating records as they called frantically for a ship to evacuate the installation.
His steps slowed overhead and she found herself listening out for him anxiously as she hurried to her own bedroom, showered and scrambled into a simple scoop-neck T-shirt and denim button-through skirt, dragging aquick brush through her hair.
Crewmen on the deck scrambled for safety as the F14, its left wing dragging on steel, spun broadside, snapping the arrestor cables one after another as it hurtled toward a row of A6 Intruders just abaft of the island.
He turned round balefully, thrust his head between the top and centre banding bars, and tried to scramble through.
I turned, tried to run, slipped on slush, and scrambled up, but Beane was on me, grabbing me, locking my body against his, kneading my breasts, clutching my sex, moaning and crying, trying to kiss me.
Scrambling into the back seat, she scooted over to the far side and helped Bender lay Jace inside, his head nestled in her lap.
Malcolm, having descended to the shore of the little bay, and scrambled out upon the rocks, bethought him of a certain cave which he had not visited since he was a child, and climbing over the high rocks between, took shelter there from the wind.
He tossed the pie to the fauns, who scrambled for it, bleating and whimpering.
Tash and Deevee both scrambled backward as the blob lunged forward and landed heavily on the spot where they had been standing.
A small slurp above her gave Tash just enough warning, and she scrambled out of the way as another blob dropped from the ceiling.
Then I hid the Great Secret in a deep niche at the back of my cave, rolled the bowlder before my front door, and with bow, arrows, sword, and shield scrambled down into the peaceful valley.