(intransitive) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.
1662, Henry More, , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:"Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them ..."
(intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.
1596, Shakespeare, King John, act IV scene IIIHow easy dost thou take all England up!From forth this morsel of dead royalty,The life, the right and truth of all this realmIs fled to heaven; and England now is leftTo tug and scamble and to part by the teethThe unowed interest of proud-swelling state.
