Clamber
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intransitive verb.
To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble.
noun.
A difficult, awkward climb.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of clambering or climbing with difficulty.
To climb, especially with difficulty or by using both hands and feet, as in ascending a steep mountain: often used figuratively.
To ascend by climbing; climb with difficulty.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of clambering.
intransitive verb.
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
transitive verb.
To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
climb
something with some difficulty, or in a
haphazard
fashion.
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noun.
an awkward climb
verb.
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Word Usage
"The clamber was a perilous one, especially as the heavy rain rendered the iron pipe more than usually slippery."
Form
clambered
clambering
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
climb
mount
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Amber
amber
camber
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
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balsams
bateaux
blackfellow
gun-barrel
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
scramble
verb-form
clambered
clambering
clambers