Term Gallery logo

Meanings of clamber in English

Spanish
luchar

Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

luchar
Usage of clamber in English
1
Somehow he stayed above water, cursing at Sedric, unable to clamber out.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
2
He must manage to clamber upon the top of the plank himself.
Aunt Jane's Nieces
3
The other prisoners clamber up and sit down, using coffin-lids as benches.
The system of the world
4
I believe I screamed aloud, and started to clamber from the van.
Parnassus on Wheels
5
He expected us to wade out, too, and clamber over the sides.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
6
What prompted him to clamber out of the window, risking severe frostbite?
The Guardian
7
Frederick arose and let the great, rosy-white seafarer clamber on his hand.
Atlantis
8
I had to clamber down a shaft of perhaps two hundred yards.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
9
Sometimes they had to clamber up steep places on hands and knees.
The Fugitives: The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
10
She certainly does not intend to clamber over that range of precipices.
Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
11
The Minnatarees began, men, women, and children, to clamber up the vine.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1
12
They got across a big ditch, started to clamber up the parapet.
New york: the novel
13
I tried to clamber into the front seat, which was totally counterproductive.
The art of racing in the rain
14
Think ye that ye have heart enough to clamber down this cliff?
The White Company
15
The children would clamber around on the rubbish dump all day long.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
16
He would be able to clamber down into a hole and disappear.
Shadows in the twilight
About this term
More collocations
Translations for clamber
Clamber through the time
Clamber across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common