chimney
/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ verb C2- To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
He/she/it chimneys · Past chimneyed · Past participle chimneyed · -ing form chimneying
Verb forms
- Base form
- chimney
- He/she/it
- chimneys
- Past
- chimneyed
- Past participle
- chimneyed
- -ing form
- chimneying
From the library
Happy chimney-corner days,
The chimney is wide, but is barred up by four large staples.
Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself “Now I can do no more, whatever happens.
Heads below!” (a loud crash)—“Now, who did that?—It was Bill, I fancy—Who’s to go down the chimney?—Nay, _I_ shan’t!
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