Whim
Definition of Whim
| n. | 1. | (Zool.) The European widgeon. | | 1. | | | 1. | A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice. | | 2. | (Mining) 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.| Whim gin | | (Mining) a whim. See Whim, 2. |
| | v. i. | 1. | To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish. |
Related Words
apparition, bee, boutade, brainchild, brainstorm, bubble, capriccio, chimera, conceit, crank, craze, crazy idea, crotchet, delirium, disposition, dream, eidolon, fad, fantasque, fantastic notion, fantasy, fiction, figment, flimflam, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, hallucination, harebrained idea, idea, idle fancy, illusion, imagery, imagination, imagining, insubstantial image, invention, kink, maggot, make-believe, megrim, myth, passing fancy, phantasm, phantom, romance, sick fancy, thick-coming fancies, thought, toy, trip, vagary, vapor, vision, whim-wham, wildest dreams
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