clamber
(noun) an awkward climb; “reaching the crest was a real clamber”
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clamber (third-person singular simple present clambers, present participle clambering, simple past and past participle clambered)
(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
clamber (plural clambers)
The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.
• cambrel
Source: Wiktionary
Clam"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clambered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clambering.] Etym: [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. Clamp, Climb.]
Definition: To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.
Clam"ber, n.
Definition: The act of clambering. T. Moore.
Clam"ber, v. t.
Definition: To ascend by climbing with difficulty. Clambering the walls to eye him. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
