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- Dictionarywhim/wɪm/
noun
- 1. a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained: "she bought it on a whim" Similar
- 2. a windlass for raising ore or water from a mine. archaic
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WHIM definition: 1. a sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained: 2. a sudden wish or…. Learn more.
The meaning of WHIM is a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy. How to use whim in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Whim.
A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.
WHIM meaning: 1. a sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained: 2. a sudden wish or…. Learn more.
Whim definition: an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy. See examples of WHIM used in a sentence.
A whim is an odd or fanciful idea, something kooky you suddenly decide to do, like dress up like a chicken or drive to Vegas. A whim can be a sudden impulse or a change of mind, like if you go shopping for school clothes but instead buy a pink cowboy hat.
whim. noun. /wɪm/. /wɪm/. [countable, uncountable] a sudden wish to do or have something, especially when it is something unusual or unnecessary. He was forced to pander to her every whim. the whims of fashion. on a whim We bought the house on a whim.
Define whim. whim synonyms, whim pronunciation, whim translation, English dictionary definition of whim. ) n. 1. A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy: "More than five hundred of these men would never see another sunset, yet a holiday atmosphere prevailed; they...
General attributive, as whim-driver, whim-engine, whim-gin, whim-horse, whim-house, whim-kibble, whim-rope, whim-round, whim-shaft. well-horse 1894 A horse that turns the windlass of a well.
noun whims A sudden fancy; idle and passing notion; capricious idea or desire. Webster's New World
