Definition of nimble

"nimble" in the adjective sense

1. agile, nimble, quick, spry

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"

2. agile, nimble

mentally quick

"an agile mind"

"nimble wits"

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Quotations for nimble

As nimble as a cow in a cage. [ Proverb ]

Fire maks an auld wife nimble. [ Scotch Proverb ]

As nimble as an eel in a sand-bag. [ Proverb ]

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together;
Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care;
Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather;
Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare.
Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short;
Youth is nimble, age is lame;
Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold;
Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Age, I do abhor thee; youth I do adore thee. [ William Shakespeare ]

Quick and nimble, more like a bear than a squirrel. [ Proverb ]

His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command. [ Milton ]

Dame Fortune, like most others of the female sex, is generally most indulgent to the nimble-mettled blockheads. [ Otway ]

As the mind of Johnson was robust, but neither nimble nor graceful, so his style was void of all grace and ease, and, being the most unlike of all styles to the natural effusion of a cultivated mind, had the least pretension to the praise of eloquence. [ Sir J. Mackintosh ]

nimble in Scrabble®

The word nimble is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters nimble:

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nimble in Words With Friends™

The word nimble is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters nimble:

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Words within the letters of nimble

2 letter words in nimble (7 words)

3 letter words in nimble (8 words)

4 letter words in nimble (8 words)

6 letter words in nimble (1 word)

nimble + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence nimble

Words that start with nimble (7 words)

Words with nimble in them (1 word)

Words that end with nimble (1 word)

Word Growth involving nimble

Shorter words in nimble

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Longer words containing nimble

nimbleness

nimbler

nimblest

nimblewit nimblewits

nimblewit nimblewitted