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Scramble: Several players from both sides close together battling for possession of the puck.

Texas Scramble: (also 'shamble') a tournament format that is a variation of a scramble, where each member of a team (usually a foursome) hits a tee shot on each hole, the best tee shot on the hole is select . . . View Full Definition

Florida Scramble: A modified scramble tournament format in which the same player's shot may not be selected on two consecutive shots (more on tournament formats and games)

Quarterback Scramble: On a called passing play, when the quarterback runs from the pocket in an attempt to avoid being sacked, giving the receivers more time to get open or attempting to gain positive yards by ru . . . View Full Definition

Bootleg: An offensive play predicated upon misdirection in which the quarterback pretends to hand the ball to another player, and then carries the ball in the opposite direction of the supposed ballc . . . View Full Definition

Tournament Format: The style, or rules and procedures, under which a competition is conducted (e.g., medal play, match play, scramble, four-ball, and many more -- see tournament formats for help with tournamen . . . View Full Definition

Draw Play: A play in which the quarterback drops back as if to pass, then hands off to a running back or runs with the ball himself. Contrast with scramble: A continuous set of offensive plays gaining . . . View Full Definition

Anastrophe: Inverted order of words or events as a rhetorical scheme. Anastrophe is specifically a type of hyperbaton in which the adjective appears after the noun when we expect to find the adjective b . . . View Full Definition

Plug And Play: A security card or cable card you get from a cable operator that decrypts scrambled cable signals on the sets. It replaced set-top boxes, and is an aspect of digital television.

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA): An air interface technology that was developed by the U.S. military and commercialized by the U.S. company Qualcomm. CDMA assigns a code to all speech bits, sends a scrambled transmission of . . . View Full Definition