Associations to the word «Nimrod»

Wiktionary

NIMROD, noun. (chiefly US) (informal) (pejorative) A silly or foolish person; An idiot.
NIMROD, proper noun. (biblical) A grandson of Ham; a mighty hunter and king of Shinar.
NIMROD, proper noun. A British biplane fighter aircraft manufactured by Hawker Aircraft in the early 1930s.
NIMROD, proper noun. A British maritime patrol aircraft manufactured by Hawker Siddeley, in use from 1969 until 2011.
NIMROD, noun. Alternative letter-case form of nimrod

Dictionary definition

NIMROD, noun. (Old Testament) a famous hunter.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope