Meaning of Whim | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
   countable, uncountable
2. Initialism of warm-hot intergalactic medium.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
3. A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
4. 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
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Let ev’ry Man enjoy his whim; / What’s He to Me, or I to him?”

“The king was tired of this whim of hers long ago, and thought she ought to get married like other people; there was nothing she need wait for, she was old enough and she would not be any richer either, for she was to have half the kingdom, which she inherited after her mother.”

““You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.”

“He also disagreed with the idea of cancelling projects "completely at the whim of an individual Prime Minister," citing Rishi Sunak's decision to cancel HS2 north of Handsacre Junction.”

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