whim
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4.2
- noun
- /wɪm/
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capricho
- I cannot allow you to take a talent... a gift to which you have dedicated so much time and effort and throw it away on a whim.
- wishes and whims
- according to whim
- subject to whims
But the asking isn't a whim or or today's wish.
- But the asking isn't a whim or or today's wish.
- The question is whose whim will dominate?
- It looks like it's down to the whims of one super rich dude.
- Don't go off on fantasies and whims and immediate gratifying quick fixes.
- I have to sacrifice my whims and my little desires for the greater good.
- I am not a dress to be worn on a whim.
- And like they could mobilize A battalion at their whim.
- It's, it's just kind of still just an agent deciding on their own whim essentially what's good and what's bad.
- You know, people do all sorts of crazy, apparently stupid things on the basis of whim.
- Let's we need to do a phone, an independent phone platform that is not subject to the to the whims of Google and Apple.
Examples
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I took back everything bought on a whim; I'd have no business.
Fiction book (1992) -
Do I wanna follow my every whim and desire as I make my way through time and space?
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I would have said yes to every crazy little whim you had.
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I have been more than patient with this little whim of yours.
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The question is whose whim will dominate?
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Your family indulged your every whim.
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If this quilt thing is just a whim for today, please think carefully and decide now.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's the sort of foolish whim your Majesty's family is famous for.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sometimes the singers were arrested, sometimes not, depending upon the whim of the local rulers and the municipal constabulary.
Academic text (1994) -
She decided on a whim to take a spontaneous trip to the beach.
Synonyms
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3.7
An idea or wish to do something, often sudden
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3.6
A sudden strong want to do something without thinking
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8.5
A sudden desire to do something without a clear reason
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Etymology
The word whim probably comes from the old playful word whim-wham, which meant 'a little odd thing'. You can see the same idea in whimsy, and that's why a whim is a sudden, small, often silly desire or idea.