Whim

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy.
  • n. Arbitrary thought or impulse: governed by whim.
  • n. A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea
  • n. 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
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The European widgeon.
  • n. A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
  • n. 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; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.
  • verb-intransitive. To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 6. A pun.
  • To turn round; be seized with a whim: also with an indefinite it.
  • To turn; cause to turn; turn off or away.
  • n. An unexpected or surprising turn; a startling outcome, development, or proceeding; a prank or freak.
  • n. A sudden turn or inclination of the mind; a fancy; a caprice.
  • n. A simple machine for raising ore from mines of moderate depth.
  • n. Hence, a mine: as, Tully Whim, in the Isle of Purbeck, England.
  • n. A round table that turns round upon a screw.
  • n. The brow of a hill.
  • n. The widgeon or whewer, Mareca penelope. See whew-duck.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sudden desire
  • n. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    desire    idea    thought   
    Variant
    whim gin    whimsey   
    Form
    on a whim    whimsical   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fancy    freak    whimsey    caprice    humor    capric    on a lark    lark    especially    phrase   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grim    Grimm    Him    Im    Jim    Kim    Sim    Tim    Zim    brim   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    caprice    folly    vagary    wish    freak    prejudice    inclination    delusion    conceit    humour