whim
11whim — [hwim, wim] n. [short for WHIM WHAM] 1. a sudden fancy; idle and passing notion; capricious idea or desire 2. a kind of winch or capstan powered by a horse or steam, formerly used in mines to raise ore or water SYN. CAPRICE …
12whim — index notion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13whim — 1640s, pun or play on words, shortened from WHIMWHAM (Cf. whimwham) fanciful object (q.v.). Meaning sudden notion, fancy, or idea first recorded 1690s, probably a shortened form of WHIMSY (Cf. whimsy) …
14whim — freak, fancy, *caprice, whimsy, conceit, vagary, crotchet Analogous words: inclination, disposition (see corresponding verbs at INCLINE): *fancy, fantasy, vision, dream: notion, *idea …
15whim — [n] sudden idea caprice, conceit, craze, desire, disposition, dream, fad, fancy, fantasy, freak, humor, impulse, inclination, notion, passing thought, quirk, sport, thought, urge, vagary, vision, whimsy; concepts 529,661 Ant. plan …
16whim — ► NOUN ▪ a sudden desire or change of mind. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
17whim — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sudden ▪ The nest is vulnerable to the sudden whims of the weather. ▪ mere ▪ personal ▪ political ▪ …
18whim — n. 1) to pursue, satisfy a whim 2) an idle; sudden whim 3) on a whim (they went there on a whim) * * * [wɪm] satisfy a whim sudden whim an idle to pursue on a whim (they went there on a whim) …
19whim — noun (C) a sudden feeling that you would like to do something or have something, especially when there is no particularly important or good reason: on a whim (=because of a whim): I went to visit her on a whim. | at the whim of: The palace decor… …
20whim — UK [wɪm] / US / US [hwɪm] noun [countable] Word forms whim : singular whim plural whims a sudden feeling that you must have or must do something. This word often suggests that what someone wants is not important A devoted secretary catered to his …
