nimble
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, fond, still, used
VERB + NIMBLE
bears, can't, catch, fled, isn't
NIMBLE + NOUN
assailant, deer, fingers, mouse, tongue, trees
PREP.
in, out
ADV.
also, extremely, only
Definitions
adj
Adept at taking or grasping.
nimble fingers
Quick and light in movement or action.
He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
[…] if the men should not agree what to play, but one would have a grave Pavane, another a nimbler Galliard, a third some frisking toy or Iigg, and then all of them should be wilful, none yield to his fellow, but every one scrape on his own tune as loud as he could: what a hideous hateful noise may you imagine would such a mess of Musick be?
Quickwitted and alert.
He has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.
"It requires you to be flexible and nimble in your thinking and Huw has already demonstrated that," said Greenwood, [...]
verb
To move nimbly.
Their teeth are regularly and assiduously cleaned by shrimp that nimble in and out of the moray's mouth like ballet dancers in the jaws of a mechanical stage dragon.
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6nimble fingers
WiktionaryHe was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
Wiktionary[…] if the men should not agree what to play, but one would have a grave Pavane, another a nimbler Galliard, a third some frisking toy or Iigg, and then all of them should be wilful, none yield to his
WiktionaryTheir teeth are regularly and assiduously cleaned by shrimp that nimble in and out of the moray's mouth like ballet dancers in the jaws of a mechanical stage dragon.
WiktionarySquirrels are nimble in climbing trees.
Tatoeba · #29690He has a nimble mind.
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