Whim

What do we mean by whim?

A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy. noun

Arbitrary thought or impulse. noun

A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine. noun

6. A pun. noun

To turn round; be seized with a whim: also with an indefinite it.

To turn; cause to turn; turn off or away.

The brow of a hill. noun

The widgeon or whewer, Mareca penelope. See whew-duck. noun

An unexpected or surprising turn; a startling outcome, development, or proceeding; a prank or freak. noun

A sudden turn or inclination of the mind; a fancy; a caprice. noun

A simple machine for raising ore from mines of moderate depth. noun

Hence, a mine: as, Tully Whim, in the Isle of Purbeck, England. noun

A round table that turns round upon a screw. noun

The European widgeon. noun

To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish. intransitive verb

A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice. noun

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. noun

A whim. See Whim, 2. noun

A shaft through which ore, water, etc., is raised from a mine by means of a whim. noun

A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea noun

A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea

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

Words that are spelled similarly to whim:
whim.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word whim:
caprice, mons, fancy, quarries, caves, audition, syndrome, copper, creek, providence, shaft, ore, pleasure, mine, cyclone, gods, ballet, noble, deposits, hat, marvel, exists, wants, moment, mining, horse, dogs.

Words that rhyme with whim:
synonym, swim, grim, trim, skim, limb, dim, slim, rim, pseudonym, gym, prim, mim, hymn, brim, vim, shim, him, sim, im, jim, patronym, tim, kim, grimm, lim, kibbutzim, sym, crim, flim, clim, chimb, zim, prelim, pimm, forelimb, grimme, krim, simm, hind limb, imm, phantom limb, klim, timm, yim, brimm, kym, jakob ludwig karl grimm, mckim, bihm, wilhelm karl grimm, trimm, mihm, primm, timme, kimm, chiarnim, crimm, haradim, klym, pymm.

Adjectives that are often used to describe whim:
mere, personal, own, sudden, slightest, individual, strange, arbitrary, idle, foolish, childish, momentary, private, odd, latest, merest, popular, royal, capricious, silly, pure, mad, lightest, subjective, selfish, curious, least, wild, unaccountable, crazy, temporary, divine, romantic, sheer, absurd, smallest, casual, fantastic, peculiar, eccentric, imperial, girlish, artistic, ridiculous, thoughtless, cruel, feminine, perverse, harmless, extraordinary, fleeting, sentimental, fashionable, dainty, singular, expensive, inexplicable, bureaucratic, queer, emotional, transient, stupid, boyish, drunken, presidential, strangest, extravagant, petty, administrative, irrational, pleasant, aesthetic, fanciful, judicial, youthful, wanton, legislative.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective whim:
whams, wham, money, gin, driver, king, room, descriptors, flower, fits, shaft, engine, dictates, return, estate, chances, impulse, gins.

Consonant match to whim:
worm, womb, wham, whame, wurm.

Words that sound like whim:
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