"scrambler" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scrambler.wav Forms: scramblers [plural]
Rhymes: -æmblə(ɹ) Etymology: From scramble + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scramble|er}} scramble + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrambler (plural scramblers)
  1. Someone or something that scrambles (in various senses).
    Sense id: en-scrambler-en-noun-gx7BLSY4
  2. A vine that does not attach itself to its supports.
    Sense id: en-scrambler-en-noun-Rnhn-v0O
  3. A device that makes messages intentionally, but reversibly, unintelligible for reasons of privacy or security.
    Sense id: en-scrambler-en-noun-o4tL9tV- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 11 68 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 15 16 57 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 6 75 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 84 5
  4. A motorcycle used for motocross.
    Sense id: en-scrambler-en-noun-H1kFcccV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: descrambler, unscrambler

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “a device which scrambles messages/information”",
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          "ref": "1984, Elizabeth Stone O'Neill, Meadow in the Sky: A History of Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows Region, page 31:",
          "text": "May it comfort us latter-day scramblers up that fine old mountain to know that Le Conte found it \"difficult and fatiguing in the extreme.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Lou Harry, Sam Stall, As Seen on TV:",
          "text": "Want an egg sunny-side up? Just crack one into a container, nuke it for 30 seconds, extract it with the handy-dandy Egg Remover, and enjoy a soft yolk breakfast. If you want it scrambled, insert the gridded Egg Scrambler […]",
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          "ref": "1991, Francis E. Putz, The Biology of Vines, page 77:",
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        "A vine that does not attach itself to its supports."
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