different between clauber vs clamber

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæb?(?)/

Noun

clauber (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of clabber

Anagrams

• curable

English

Etymology

From Middle English clambren, clameren, clemeren (“to climb, clamber; to crawl, creep”), then either:

• possibly from clam, clamb, clemb, past tense of climben (“to climb, get over; to ascend, rise”), and influenced by Old English clæmman (“to press”); or
• from Old English *clambrian, from Proto-Germanic *klambr?n? or *klambiz?n?.

The English word is cognate with Low German klemmern, klempern (“to climb”), Scots clammer (“to clamber”); and compare also Danish klamre (“to cling”), Icelandic klambra, klembra (“to pinch closely together; clamp”), Swedish klamra (“to cling”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?klæmb?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klæmb?/
• Rhymes: -æmb?(r)
• Hyphenation: clam?ber

Verb

clamber (third-person singular simple present clambers, present participle clambering, simple past and past participle clambered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

Alternative forms

• clammer (dialectal)

Derived terms

• clamberer
• clambersome

Translations

Noun

clamber (plural clambers)

1. The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.

References

Anagrams

• cambrel, cramble