climbing
The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
Noun 2 meanings
The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
“The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.”
Climb; ascent.
Adjective 1 meaning
That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.
Etymology
From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -ing.
CLIMBING at a glance
CLIMBING has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + I 1 + M 3 + B 3 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 21 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,768 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with climbing
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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- BLIMBING15
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