Clambering is the act of using your hands and feet to climb something. When you're scrambling up a cliff, you're clambering.
He was clambering up the cliff, trying to get to the top.
The children were clambering all over the monkey, trying to get ahold of it.
verb
To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
noun
The act of one who clambers.
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People clamber to see the author.
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The kids clambered out of the car.
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Thain clambered out of the galley window.
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He clambered over the bridge's machinery.
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Audience members clambered onto the stage to join in singalongs.
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There was an interesting links page to other clubs wearing clamber.
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They forage in small flocks and creep and clamber in low vegetation.
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It tends to clamber to the tops of trees and shrubs, sprawling over the crowns.
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It entered at the bottom, clambered up and appeared at an opening high above.
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Clamber down the stone steps into the deserted world of underground chambers.