clamber

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verb clam·ber \ ˈklam-bər , ˈkla-mər \

Definition of clamber

clambered; clambering play \ˈklam-b(ə-)riŋ, ˈklam-riŋ, ˈkla-mər-iŋ\

intransitive verb

:to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling)

clambered over the rocks

The monkeys clamber and leap through the trees with great agility.

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clamberer

play \-bər-ər, -mər-ər\ noun

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Examples of clamber in a Sentence

The children clambered over the rocks.
We clambered up the steep hill.

Recent Examples of clamber from the Web

Guests at the 5.6-acre farm have paid $25 each to do yoga moves this summer while small goats clamber on their backs, nuzzle their faces and occasionally pee on their mats.

— jesse leavenworth, Courant Community, "Goat Yoga At Aussakita Acres Farms Goes Before Manchester Zoning Board Of Appeals Tonight," 30 Aug. 2017
Her young daughter clambered up and down the steps in flip-flops, and the mailman brought a handful of envelopes.

— USA TODAY, "Ex-capital of the Confederacy grapples with statues, race and reconciliation," 18 Aug. 2017
But while giraffes, zebras, elephants, lions, baboons and warthogs stalk, clamber and strut across the veld, the one thing tourists and hunters will rarely see on a South African safari is a black South African.

— nina burleigh, Newsweek, "Kruger Park, South Africa: Where Black Poachers Are Hunted as Much as Their Prey," 8 Aug. 2017
Unlike most paratroopers, who act as light infantry once on the ground, Russian paratroopers have their own lightweight infantry combat vehicle, the BMD-4M. Once on the ground the paratroopers clamber on board the BMD and ride to their objective.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Russia Plans to Airdrop Armored Vehicles—With Crew Inside," 1 Aug. 2017
Security guards clambered down on the rocks and pulled out the shirtless, shoeless man.

— meg jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Soggy man nabbed for trying to swim to Summerfest," 9 July 2017
On a sunny Monday morning at a grassy field near the Goodyear hangar, Bayliss clambered into the cockpit for a flight with Michael Dougherty, chief pilot in charge of training.

— dake kang, chicagotribune.com, "Old dogs, new blimps: Goodyear pilots need to be retrained," 3 July 2017
On a sunny Monday morning at a grassy field near the Goodyear hangar, Bayliss clambered into the cockpit for a flight with Michael Dougherty, chief pilot in charge of training.

— dake kang, chicagotribune.com, "Old dogs, new blimps: Goodyear pilots need to be retrained," 3 July 2017
On a sunny Monday morning at a grassy field near the Goodyear hangar, Bayliss clambered into the cockpit for a flight with Michael Dougherty, chief pilot in charge of training.

— dake kang, The Seattle Times, "Old dogs, new blimps: Goodyear pilots need to be retrained," 2 July 2017

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