agile; graceful; sharp, keen; perceptive
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Nimble Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(superl.)
Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutLight and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.
nimble
\nim"ble\ (?), a. [compar. nimbler (?); superl. nimblest (?).] [oe. nimel, prob. orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take, as. niman; akin to d. nemen, g. nehmen, ohg. neman, icel. nema, goth. nima, and prob. to gr. &?; to distribute. ? 7. cf. nomand, numb.] light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails.
note: nimble is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, nimble-footed, nimble-pinioned, nimble-winged, etc.
nimble
will (bot.), a slender, branching, american grass (muhlenbergia diffusa), of some repute for grazing purposes in the mississippi valley.
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nimble-fingered
nimble will
Light and quick in motion or action
Anheinyf = not nimble; sluggish
Buan = n. that is quick; a hare; a. swift, nimble, fast
Chwimwth = a. nimble, speedy
Cyflym = a. nimble, keen
Diesgud = a. not nimble
Esgaidd = a. nimble, brisk
Esgud = a. nimble; flippant
Ewybr = a. quick, nimble, fleet
Gorchwai = a. very nimble
Gorchyflym = a. very nimble
Hydwyth = a. elastic, nimble
Hylam = a. of nimble step
Mwth = a. rapid, fleet, nimble
Sionc = a. brisk, nimble, sharp
Adjective
1. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
(synonym) agile, quick, spry
(similar) active
2. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
(synonym) agile
(similar) intelligent
Nimble Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Nimble may refer to:
- HMS Nimble, the name of several Royal Navy vessels
- RMAS Nimble (A222), a British naval auxiliary ship
- USS Nimble, the name of two US Navy vessels
- Castle Nimble, a castle in Wales
- Nimble (bread), a brand of bread owned by Hovis
- Camp Nimble, a US Army post in South Korea
- Nimble Storage, an enterprise data storage company
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