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to chimney

to chimney

9.1
To climb up or down between two close walls by pressing the body against them
  • verb
  • /ˈʧɪmni/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hacer chimenea
  • Tessa chimneyed up to the lichen and hung there as she scraped at it.

Examples

  • During the rescue, the firefighters had to chimney up the tight space to save the trapped hiker.

  • The brave climber decided to chimney between the narrow rock faces to reach the summit.

  • You know, they chimney in that bitch up.

  • He practiced how to chimney efficiently in the training exercise designed for narrow shafts.

Synonyms

to climb down
vsto chimney
29 1.4

Move down from a high place using hands and feet

uses body pressed against opposite faces to move vertically in a narrow gap

Idioms

to smoke like a chimney
  • Informal
3 6.8

To light and use many cigarettes every day

Compounds

chimney corner
  • Archaic
1 6.3

A corner of a room next to a fireplace where people sit to feel warm

chimney swift
  • US
8.4

A small fast North American bird that nests in chimneys and eats flying insects

chimney swallow
8.4

A small bird that often nests in chimneys and catches insects in flight

chimney bellflower
9.9

A tall plant with bell-shaped blue or purple flowers

chimney breast
  • UK
7.9

The part of a wall that sticks into a room to hold a fireplace

chimney plant
9.8

A tall plant with upright stems and blue bell-shaped flowers

crumbling chimney
5.6

The tall brick part of a house that is breaking apart and losing pieces

lamp chimney
  • Archaic
6.3

A glass tube that covers a lamp flame to protect it and help it burn steadily

How Difficult

to chimney
  • Specialized
9.1
to scramble
118 3.2
to climb
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

chimney infinitive
chimneyed past
chimneyed past participle
chimneying present participle
chimneys third person singular

Etymology

Chimney as a verb comes from the noun chimney, because climbers move up a narrow vertical gap the same way smoke moves up a chimney. So to chimney is to climb by pressing your body between two close walls or surfaces.