clambers

verb

present tense third-person singular of clamber
as in climbs
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling clambered over a wall and was never seen again

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Recent Examples of clambers His colleague, a newly qualified environmental engineer, clambers up onto the backseat. — Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025 Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clambers
  1. climbs
  2. scrambles
Verb
  • Add Fulbright, Humphrey, and other programs, and the number climbs higher.
    — James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • There were three smaller climbs heading to Ventoux, which was ranked as a Hors Catégorie ascent — the hardest category — and had a gradient of nearly 9%.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of climbs
Verb
  • More than 180,000 customers will be without water for 48 hours at a time starting Friday as part of an alternating schedule while Puerto Rico scrambles to find a solution to the deepening crisis as extreme heat warnings persist.
    — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska are expected to visit Ceuta as Madrid scrambles to contain the crisis.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of scrambles

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“Clambers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clambers. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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