Move+nimbly

  • 71nimble — adjective 1 able to move quickly and easily with light neat movements: a nimble climber | nimble fingers 2 a nimble mind/brain/wit an ability to think quickly or understand things easily: They liked his nimble mind his ability to come up with… …

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  • 72nimble — UK [ˈnɪmb(ə)l] / US adjective Word forms nimble : adjective nimble comparative nimbler superlative nimblest 1) able to move quickly and easily 2) someone who has a nimble mind is intelligent and learns things quickly Derived word: nimbly UK / US… …

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  • 73nimble — [ˈnɪmb(ə)l] adj able to move quickly and easily nimbly [ˈnɪmbli] adv …

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  • 74trip — /trɪp / (say trip) noun 1. a journey or voyage. 2. a journey, voyage, or run made by a boat, train, or the like, between two points. 3. a journey made for pleasure; excursion. 4. Colloquial a quantity of LSD prepared in some form for sale. 5.… …

  • 75trip — [14] The original meaning of trip was ‘move lightly or nimbly’. ‘Stumble’ is a secondary development, and the use of the derived noun for ‘short journey’ did not emerge until the late 17th century (it was apparently originally a nautical usage).… …

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  • 76nip — nip1 [nip] vt. nipped, nipping [ME nippen, prob. < MLowG nippen or ON hnippa < IE * kneib (< base * ken , to scrape) > Gr kniptos, stingy] 1. to catch or squeeze between two surfaces, points, or edges; pinch or bite 2. to sever… …

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  • 77supple — [sup′əl] adj. suppler, supplest [ME souple < OFr < L supplex, humble, submissive, akin to supplicare: see SUPPLICATE] 1. easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant 2. able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber [a supple body] 3.… …

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  • 78waltz — [wôlts] n. [abbrev. < Ger walzer < walzen, to roll, dance about, waltz: for IE base see WALK] 1. a ballroom dance for couples, in moderate 3/4 time with marked accent on the first beat of the measure 2. music for this dance or in its… …

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  • 79ga|la|go — «guh LAY goh», noun, plural gos. any one of several species of small, furry, nocturnal primates of the African forests; bush baby; ojam. They move very nimbly on trees and have a childlike cry. ╂[< New Latin Galago the genus name < a native …

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