Definition of whim
1 : a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy quit his job on a whim
2 : a large capstan that is made with one or more radiating arms to which a horse may be yoked and that is used in mines for raising ore or water
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Examples of whim in a Sentence
It's hard to predict voters' whims.
on a whim, we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream
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And there may come another check on corporate whims: The outrage of half the workforce.
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Leyden senior Jalen Moore picked up the long jump event on a whim.
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Though Magnus clearly labeled the bears on the Carta Marina as ursi albi, artisans who finished copies of the map colored them according to their own whims, sometimes in the more familiar brown of European bears.
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Nancy Lee Carlson, a real estate attorney from Inverness, Ill., snatched it up on a whim.
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So, Khloé, 32, decided to play a game to try and get Kourtney to make decisions on a whim.
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The time of Bambi and Butkus long ago wilted to the whims of the rich, who often become more famous than their workforce.
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A multi-million-dollar upgrade is under way at Port Everglades’ Cruise Terminal 2 to ready it for the worldwide debut of Carnival Corp.’s new age of seaborne pleasures: a wearable medallion that caters to every passenger’s whim.
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The phony homepages were put together on a whim during breaks in filming of the campaign’s TV spots, said Paul Malstrom, an art director at Fallon who co-created the new campaign with his partner, Linus Kalsson.
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Origin and Etymology of whim
short for whim-wham
First Known Use: 1686
Synonym Discussion of whim
WHIM Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of whim for English Language Learners
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: a sudden wish, desire, decision, etc.
WHIM Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of whim for Students
: a sudden wish or desire : a sudden change of mind
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