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Definition: Nimble-fingered |
Nimble-fingeredAdjective1. Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nimble-fingered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
Synonym: Nimble-fingeredSynonym: light-fingered (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Skill | Neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure-footed; cut out for, fitted for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nimble-fingered |
| English words defined with "nimble-fingered": Prestidigital. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "nimble-fingered": Prestidigital. (references) |
| "Nimble-fingered" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nimble-fingered" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "nimble-fingered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 灵活手指. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fingerfertig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fürge ujjú. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | maireeagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imble-fingerednay långfingrad (light fingered). (various references) marifetli (cunning, dextrous, ingenious, skilful, skilled, talented), eli çabuk (adroit, dexterous, dextrous, expeditious, fast, sharp, swift, swift-handed), becerikli (adept, adroit, agile, capable, clever, deft, designing, dexterous, dextrous, efficient, facile, gifted, handsome, ingenious, knowing, light-handed, neat, performing, practical, pushful, pushing, ready, resourceful, shifty, skilful, skilled, skillful, skilly, slick, smart, versatile, wise). (various references) спритний (adroit, agile, alert, arch, artful, canny, cunning, deft, dexterous, dodgy, fly, handy, light fingered, light-handed, natty, nifty, nimble, nimble footed, pert, politic, practical, shuffling, slick, tactical, whipping, wide awake, zippy). (various references) nhanh tay (swift-handed), khéo tay (adroit, cunning, deft, dexterous, dextrous, light-fingered, neat-handed, skilful, workmanlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-f-g-i-i-l-m-n-n-r" | |
-2 letters: linebreeding. | |
-3 letters: befriending. | |
-4 letters: befingered, debriefing, enfeebling, greenfield, inbreeding, reblending, redefining. | |
-5 letters: beelining, befringed, bemingled, filigreed, friending, infielder, infringed, limbering, mildening, minefield, rebinding, redeeming, redlining, refeeding, refeeling, refilming, refinding, relending, remending, reminding, ridgeline. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 6D 62 6C 65 2D 66 69 6E 67 65 72 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01101101 01100010 01101100 01100101 00101101 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i m b l e - f i n g e r e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 006D 0062 006C 0065 002D 0066 0069 006E 0067 0065 0072 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)487579687871157275807371847170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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