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whim  (hwm, wm)
n.
1. A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy.
2. Arbitrary thought or impulse: governed by whim.
3. A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.

[Short for whim-wham, fanciful object.]

whim [wɪm]
n
1. a sudden, passing, and often fanciful idea; impulsive or irrational thought
2. (Mining & Quarrying) a horse-drawn winch formerly used in mining to lift ore or water
[from whim-wham]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.whim - a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"
desire - 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"
idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

whim
noun 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.
Translations
whim [wɪm] Ncapricho m, antojo m
a passing whimun capricho pasajero, un antojo
it's just a whim of herses un capricho suyo
as the whim takes mesegún se me antoja

whim hwɪm] ncaprice m
on a whim → sur un coup de tête
at the whim of sb → sur un caprice de qn

whim
nLaune f; her every whimjede ihrer Launen; at or on whim, at or on a whimaus Jux und Tollerei (inf); as the whim takes me etcganz nach Lust und Laune

whim [wɪm] ncapriccio
a passing whim → una passione momentanea
as the whim takes me → come mi gira
whim [wɪm] ncapriccio
a passing whim → una passione momentanea
as the whim takes me → come mi gira

whim
n whim [wim]
a sudden desire or change of mind I am tired of that child's whims. gier نَزْوَه прищявка vrtoch indfald; påfund die Grille παραξενιά, καπρίτσιο capricho tuju, kapriis خيال oikku caprice גְחָמָה सनक hir, nušica szeszély tingkah duttlungur capriccio 気まぐれ 일시적 기분 įnoris kaprīze; untums kerenah; gerak hati gril lune, nykke, påfunn kaprys capricho capri­ciu каприз vrtoch kaprica hir infall, nyck ความคิดเพ้อฝัน; ความคิดเเปลกประหลาด; ความต้องการแปลก ๆ kapris, geçici istek 一時興起,突然改變心意 примха; забаганка خیال جو اچانک آ جاءے ý chợt nảy ra


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