to clamber

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

He would clamber about the roof and windows for hours attempting to discover means of ingress, but to the door he paid little attention, for this was apparently as solid as the walls.

{v} to clog, stop up, stick, glue, starve
The act of clambering
{i} difficult climb or ascent
an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; also used figuratively
If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet. They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove = scramble. to climb or move slowly somewhere, using your hands and feet because it is difficult or steep clamber over/across etc (Perhaps from clamb, old past tense of climb)
To ascend by climbing with difficulty
{f} climb with hands and feet, scramble, scale
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber"
to clamber

    Hyphenation

    to clam·ber

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı klämbır

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈklambər/ /tə ˈklæmbɜr/
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