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whim
/ wɪm /
noun
- a sudden, passing, and often fanciful idea; impulsive or irrational thought
- a horse-drawn winch formerly used in mining to lift ore or water
Word History and Origins
Origin of whim1
Example Sentences
That was 2010, when Williamson was seven, less than two years after painting his first picture on a whim.
And neither he, nor his secret police squad or some lawyer from Detroit, get to change that unilaterally on a whim.
Was it really, as I suspected, ordered on a whim by some yahoo who was deeply affected by a childhood encounter with Grave Digger?
These demands can increase at whim, and worsen with the birth of a child.
She was distraught and sad walking through a park on Long Island when she joined a drum circle on a whim.
She was not a puffer, but a puffer-whim worked near by, called the Valley puffer.
This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom.
In short, he may gratify his every whim and fancy, without a pang of reposing conscience, or the least jostle of his self-respect.
Here, every stroke was to be recorded, each passing whim and mood registered, as in a book of fate.
She paid no thought to the value of money, never knowing how to resist a whim.
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