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nimbling

nimbling is the present participle and gerund of nimble.

Meaning of nimble

Verb

nimble (third-person singular simple present nimbles, present participle nimbling, simple past and past participle nimbled)

  1. (intransitive) 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.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 72

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Questions about nimbling

What is nimbling the present participle and gerund of?
Nimbling is the present participle and gerund of nimble.

Words near nimbling in the dictionary

  1. nimblesome
  2. nimbless
  3. nimblesses
  4. nimblest
  5. nimblewill
  6. nimbling
  7. nimbly
  8. nimbo
  9. nimbocumulus
  10. nimbolide
  11. Nimboran

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