clumb

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English clumben, from Old English clumbon (“climbed”), plural past tense of climban (“to climb”). More at climb, clomb.

VerbEdit

clumb

1. (dialect) simple past tense and past participle of climb.
   • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII

     It was a drift-canoe sure enough, and I clumb in and paddled her ashore.

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English clumben, yclumben, from Old English ġeclumben (“climbed”), past participle of climban (“to climb”).

VerbEdit

clumb

1. Alternative past participle of climb.