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Whim

//wɪm// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea. countable, uncountable

    "Let ev’ry Man enjoy his whim; / What’s He to Me, or I to him?"

  2. 2
    A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
  3. 3
    Initialism of warm-hot intergalactic medium. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    an odd or fanciful or capricious idea wordnet
  5. 5
    A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a sudden desire wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To be seized with a whim; to be capricious. intransitive, rare

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of whim-wham.

Etymology 2

Clipping of whim-wham.

Etymology 3

Compare whimbrel.

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