whim

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.

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[Short for whim-wham, fanciful object.]

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whim

Noun

a sudden, passing, and often fanciful idea [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whim - a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" caprice, 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" whimsey, whimsy, notion 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"

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whim

noun impulse, sudden notion, caprice, fancy, sport, urge, notion, humour, freak, craze, fad (informal) quirk, conceit, vagary, whimsy, passing thought, crotchet

Translations

whim [wɪm] n → capricho

whim [wɪm] n → caprice m

whim [wɪm] n → Laune f

whim [wɪm] n → capriccio

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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 päähänpisto caprice גְחָמָה सनक hir, nušica szeszély tingkah duttlungur capriccio 気まぐれ 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 一閃念，怪念頭 примха; забаганка خیال جو اچانک آ جاءے ý chợt nảy ra 一闪念，怪念头