Jack Be Nimble
Agile nursery verse
Jack Be Nimble is an English nursery rhyme about a boy jumping over a candlestick: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.
The phrase sometimes describes someone agile or quick-thinking, though this figurative use is uncommon.
- quickMoving with speed
- candlestickWax cylinder support
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- leapSudden springing movement
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
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