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Definition of whim in English: whimnoun wɪm(h)wɪm 1A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained. mass noun he appeared and disappeared at whim Example sentencesExamples - After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto.
- The assumption that Her Excellency just spent money on a whim is just plain wrong.
- I suppose one of the plus sides to being single now is that if I fancy take-out I can order it on a whim.
- I guess we shouldn't be so surprised that Tizard leaves meetings on a whim.
- A player who is selected on a whim could just as easily be dropped on a whim.
- I don't just go flying around the country on a whim, dammit, I'm a penniless student!
- She did it on a whim when the opportunity presented itself, and she died four days later.
- He opened the door on a whim, expecting nothing, but instead, he was faced with four sets of eyes.
- Do I renew those two domain names that I bought on a whim when they seemed like a good idea?
- Typically the new apparel has been purchased on a whim since the user is aware that the existing pant selection is starting to show its age.
- This one was bought on a whim one bright Sunday afternoon in 1997, from Clone Zone on Old Compton Street.
- Regulations seem to be introduced, on a whim or a supposition, without any thought about how they are going to be enforced.
- On a whim, I responded to one of them, asking whether she ever comes into Center City.
- Recorded in 1987 and conceived on a whim, it was a source of irritation to the band themselves.
- It's absurd to suggest that decisions like these can be taken on a whim by the Home Secretary.
- Apparently on a whim, Wonka suddenly decides to reopen his doors to five children.
- On a whim I pulled up the posters that lined the bottom of the cupboard.
- When I started this weblog last October, it was more or less on a whim.
- One of my ancestors could have got really fed up with the weather in the middle of a dull March in 1700 and moved off to Wisconsin on a whim.
- But the lesson Ken must learn from this is not to even consider spending so much of the council's money on a whim.
Synonyms impulse, urge, notion, fancy, whimsy, foible, idea, caprice, conceit, vagary, kink, megrim, crotchet, craze, fad, passion, inclination, bent archaic freak, maggot, humour, whim-wham capriciousness, whimsy, caprice, volatility, fickleness, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, unpredictability 2archaic A windlass for raising ore or water from a mine. Example sentencesExamples - Work was soon hampered by an inflow of large volumes of underground water in several shafts, keeping the whims occupied day and night.
Origin Late 17th century: of unknown origin. sense 2 (mid 18th century) is a transferred use. Rhymes bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim Definition of whim in US English: whimnoun(h)wim(h)wɪm 1A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained. he appeared and disappeared at whim Example sentencesExamples - One of my ancestors could have got really fed up with the weather in the middle of a dull March in 1700 and moved off to Wisconsin on a whim.
- I suppose one of the plus sides to being single now is that if I fancy take-out I can order it on a whim.
- Recorded in 1987 and conceived on a whim, it was a source of irritation to the band themselves.
- She did it on a whim when the opportunity presented itself, and she died four days later.
- He opened the door on a whim, expecting nothing, but instead, he was faced with four sets of eyes.
- This one was bought on a whim one bright Sunday afternoon in 1997, from Clone Zone on Old Compton Street.
- Apparently on a whim, Wonka suddenly decides to reopen his doors to five children.
- On a whim I pulled up the posters that lined the bottom of the cupboard.
- Do I renew those two domain names that I bought on a whim when they seemed like a good idea?
- I guess we shouldn't be so surprised that Tizard leaves meetings on a whim.
- The assumption that Her Excellency just spent money on a whim is just plain wrong.
- A player who is selected on a whim could just as easily be dropped on a whim.
- It's absurd to suggest that decisions like these can be taken on a whim by the Home Secretary.
- I don't just go flying around the country on a whim, dammit, I'm a penniless student!
- When I started this weblog last October, it was more or less on a whim.
- After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto.
- On a whim, I responded to one of them, asking whether she ever comes into Center City.
- Regulations seem to be introduced, on a whim or a supposition, without any thought about how they are going to be enforced.
- But the lesson Ken must learn from this is not to even consider spending so much of the council's money on a whim.
- Typically the new apparel has been purchased on a whim since the user is aware that the existing pant selection is starting to show its age.
Synonyms impulse, urge, notion, fancy, whimsy, foible, idea, caprice, conceit, vagary, kink, megrim, crotchet, craze, fad, passion, inclination, bent capriciousness, whimsy, caprice, volatility, fickleness, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, unpredictability 2archaic A windlass for raising ore or water from a mine. Example sentencesExamples - Work was soon hampered by an inflow of large volumes of underground water in several shafts, keeping the whims occupied day and night.
Origin Late 17th century: of unknown origin. whim (sense 2) (mid 18th century) is a transferred use. |