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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an awkward climb;
- Example: "reaching the crest was a real clamber"


VERB (1)

1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling;
[syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clambered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clambering.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. Clamp, Climb.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. [1913 Webster] The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clamber \Clam"ber\, n. The act of clambering. --T. Moore. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty. [1913 Webster] Clambering the walls to eye him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clamber n 1: an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]