[ UK /klˈæmbɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫæmbɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
NOUN
  1. an awkward climb
    reaching the crest was a real clamber
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How To Use clamber In A Sentence

  • And the 21m he banked off the course is certain to rocket as new sponsors clamber on board the gravy train. The Sun
  • Last week, exultant rebels in Tripoli clambered on Gaddafi's vainglorious statue of an American warplane in the grip of a mighty Libyan fist.
  • These little people, quite recovered from their fatigue, had set about gathering checkerberries, and now came clambering to meet their play-fellows.
  • The attempt was well intended, but before he could clamber on board he was wet to the waist. THE MEAT
  • I clamber in the car and he, now used to doing so, puts the wheelchair in the back before plopping into the driver's seat.
  • He clambered over a wall in pitch dark last Sunday night. Times, Sunday Times
  • They clamber about the branches like parrots to get at them. Times, Sunday Times
  • Yelling at him to be patient, she clambered into a pair of brigga, pulled on a shirt, and ran barefooted to unbar the door and let him in. A TIME OF WAR
  • Must we really clamber up every alluvial fan, map every desert canyon, and slap a name on every dry lake and rocky outcropping?
  • Somehow he endured it, but he felt light-headed and his legs were rubbery when he clambered up the conning tower ladder onto the bridge. LOHENGRIN
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