Clampering
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A cacophony made by noisy movement.
"And should any of my readers find their spirits too ethereal, their souls too rapidly mounting on eagles' wings, I recoomend them to try the cooling sedative of six monghs' residence in a manufacturing town, amid the clanking, grinding, droning sound of factory machinery, the hammering of boiler-making, the clampering of clogs, the screeching of railway engines, and the hissing of steam, under the dark, lowering canopy of incessant torrents of smoke; and I think wthey will be effectually cured of any such symptoms."
- 1 present participle and gerund of clamper form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 cacophonous; raucous.
"He had no sooner lifted up the square board, or door, than the cats all came in a head, leaped over him, put out the candle, and rushing among the affrighted servant's legs, threw one half of them down ; and having gained their liberty, made such a clampering, rattleing, and jingleing noise, as I never before witnessed, or heard tell of."
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More examples"And should any of my readers find their spirits too ethereal, their souls too rapidly mounting on eagles' wings, I recoomend them to try the cooling sedative of six monghs' residence in a manufacturing town, amid the clanking, grinding, droning sound of factory machinery, the hammering of boiler-making, the clampering of clogs, the screeching of railway engines, and the hissing of steam, under the dark, lowering canopy of incessant torrents of smoke; and I think wthey will be effectually cured of any such symptoms."
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