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whim W5122900 (wĭm, hwĭm) n. 1. A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy: "More than five hundred of these men would never see another sunset, yet a holiday atmosphere prevailed; they joked with each other as they marched, dropping out again for blackberries when the whim struck them, despite stern new orders to the contrary" (William Marvel). 2. Arbitrary thought or impulse: "I dreamed of having the golden flesh, the huge muscles of half-naked gods and goddesses who did whatever they wanted to do, ruling the universe according to their whims" (John Edgar Wideman). 3. A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine. Idiom: on a whim Done suddenly or impulsively: "I just took a trip. Lit off at night, drove six hundred miles to see an old friend, on a whim" (Marya Hornbacher).
[Short for whim-wham, fanciful object.] whim (wɪm) n1. a sudden, passing, and often fanciful idea; impulsive or irrational thought2. (Mining & Quarrying) a horse-drawn winch formerly used in mining to lift ore or water[C17: from whim-wham]whim (ʰwɪm, wɪm)
n. 1. a capricious notion; fancy: a party thrown on a whim. 2. capricious humor. [1635–45; short for Middle English whim-wham, gradational compound] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | whim - a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"caprice, impulsedesire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state | | 2. | whim - an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"whimsey, whimsy, notionidea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
whimnoun impulse, sudden notion, caprice, fancy, sport, urge, notion, humour, freak, craze, fad (informal), quirk, conceit, vagary, whimsy, passing thought, crotchet We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.whimnounAn impulsive, often illogical turn of mind:bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whimsy.Idiom: bee in one's bonnet.Translationswhim (wim) noun a sudden desire or change of mind. I am tired of that child's whims. 一時興起，突然改變心意 一闪念，怪念头 IdiomsSeeon a whimWHIM
WHIM Abbreviation for:
warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, myelokathexis (WHIM syndrome)WHIM
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whim
Related to whim: WHIM syndromeSynonyms for whimnoun impulseSynonyms- impulse
- sudden notion
- caprice
- fancy
- sport
- urge
- notion
- humour
- freak
- craze
- fad
- quirk
- conceit
- vagary
- whimsy
- passing thought
- crotchet
Synonyms for whimnoun an impulsive, often illogical turn of mindSynonyms- bee
- boutade
- caprice
- conceit
- fancy
- freak
- humor
- impulse
- megrim
- notion
- vagary
- whimsy
Synonyms for whimnoun a sudden desireSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun an odd or fanciful or capricious ideaSynonymsRelated Words |