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nimble meaning

EN[ˈnɪmbl̩] [-ɪmbəl]
WNimble
  • 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

    Definition of nimble in English Dictionary

  • AdjectiveCOMnimblerSUPnimblest
    1. Quick and light in movement or action.
      1. He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
    2. Quick-witted and alert.
      1. She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm.
      • Shakespeare is less keckhanded later: who does not smile (but not guffaw) at Henry V's nimble courting of Katherine?
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adjectives
    Related Links:
    1. en nimbler
    2. en nimbless
    3. en nimblest
    4. en nimbleness
    5. en nimble will
    Source: Wiktionary

    Meaning of nimble for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "nimble" is an adjective.
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