请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 whim-wham
释义

whim-wham

[ hwim-hwam, wim-wam ]
/ ˈʰwɪmˌʰwæm, ˈwɪmˌwæm /

noun

any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack.
whim-whams, Informal. nervousness; jitters: He had the whim-whams after the accident.

Origin of whim-wham

1490–1500; gradational compound; cf. flimflam, jimjams, etc.

Words nearby whim-wham

whimper, whimsey, whimsical, whimsicality, whimsy, whim-wham, whin, whinchat, whine, whing-ding, whinge
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for whim-wham

  • Other similar replies are, I have been making a trundle for a gooses eye, or a whim-wham to bridle a goose.

    The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten

British Dictionary definitions for whim-wham

whim-wham

noun

archaic something fanciful; a trifle

Word Origin for whim-wham

C16: of unknown origin; compare flimflam
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/12 12:16:49