Definition of Clamber

1. Noun. An awkward climb. "Reaching the crest was a real clamber"

Generic synonyms: Climb, Mount

2. Verb. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
Exact synonyms: Scramble, Shin, Shinny, Skin, Sputter, Struggle
Generic synonyms: Climb
Derivative terms: Struggle

Definition of Clamber

1. v. i. To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.

2. n. The act of clambering.

3. v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty.

Definition of Clamber

1. Verb. To climb something with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clamber

1. to climb awkwardly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clamber

clam shrimp
clam shrimps
clam up
clam worm
clam worms
clamancy
clamant
clamantly
clamation
clamations
clamato
clamatorial
clambake
clambakes
clambe
clamber (current term)
clambered
clamberer
clamberers
clambering
clambers
clamburger
clamdigger
clamdiggers
clame
clames
clamjamphrie
clamjamphries
clamlike
clammed

Literary usage of Clamber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Climb, vn I. clamber, scramble, ascend grado* ally, come slowly up. 2. Creep, twine, clamber. (.Said of plants.) Clime, n. Region, place, country, climate. ..."

2. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"It is difficult to get them : the collector must clamber up the sides of the precipice, and then extricate them from the clay, which is very stiff, ..."

3. The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology by Winslow, Forbes (1859)
"To make doubly sure against accident, nnd to prevent any attempt to clamber over this screen, a stout polished cylinder of wood is extended across the ..."

4. Memoirs, Including Original Journals, Letters, Papers, and Antiquarian by Anna Eliza Kempe Stothard Bray, Bray (Anna Eliza), Mrs Bray (1823)
"After various precautions, it proceeded thus: — " Do not clamber up rotten walls, or tottering " monuments. ..."

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