clambering

[ klam-ber-ing, klam-er- ]

noun

1. climbing or moving with effort or difficulty, typically using both hands and feet.

adjective

1. Botany. of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clambering¹

clamber + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

People are still able to make the journey on foot, with pictures showing families clambering over rubble and scrambling through the four-metre crater in the road to get out of the country.

From BBC

My father was clambering to get us leeward against capsize when my mother took to the starboard bow.

From Salon

He suspects that if the costs of clambering in risky places are high, the benefits — such as fewer predators, and fabulous food — must be high, too.

From New York Times

The attacker was seen looking into people's homes and clambering into gardens as he marauded around the area.

From BBC

It was overcrowded, with people clambering on the sides, and others standing up in the middle of it in the pre-dawn gloom.

From BBC

Related Words

• ascendance
• ascension
• climb