different between nimble vs bimble

English

Etymology

From Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), merger of Old English n?mel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim +? -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic ???????????????????? (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?mbl?/
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Adjective

nimble (comparative nimbler, superlative nimblest)

1. Adept at taking or grasping

   nimble fingers

2. Quick and light in movement or action.

3. Quick-witted and alert.

Antonyms

• (quick and light in movement or action): sluggish

Derived terms

• nimbly

Translations

Anagrams

• milneb

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?mb?l/
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Noun

bimble (plural bimbles)

1. (chiefly Britain) A gentle, meandering walk with no particular haste or purpose.

Synonyms

• stroll

Verb

bimble (third-person singular simple present bimbles, present participle bimbling, simple past and past participle bimbled)

1. (chiefly Britain, intransitive) To walk with no particular haste or purpose.
   • 2007, Paul Simon, "Surf, snow and city in one break," The Observer (UK), 28 Jan. (retrieved 18 Jan. 2009):

     Check-in ran like clockwork and after unpacking, we bimbled off to the cycle centre, hired two bikes and a kiddy trailer for the boys and set off to get our bearings.

2. (chiefly Scotland, intransitive) To pretend to go for a local, leisurely paragliding flight but instead end up doing record breaking cross country flight.

Synonyms

• amble, dander, roam, saunter, stroll, wander

Anagrams

• belimb