单词 | whim-wham |
释义 | whim-wham[ hwim-hwam, wim-wam ] / ˈʰwɪmˌʰwæm, ˈwɪmˌwæm / nounany odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack. whim-whams, Informal. nervousness; jitters: He had the whim-whams after the accident. Origin of whim-wham1490–1500; gradational compound; cf. flimflam, jimjams, etc. Words nearby whim-whamwhimper, 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
British Dictionary definitions for whim-whamwhim-wham nounarchaic something fanciful; a trifle Word Origin for whim-whamC16: 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 |
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