whim
Speech parts
1. whim - Noun
2. whim - Verb
Meaning
The European widgeon.
A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
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.
To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.
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Examples
My wife has a whim of iron.
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while.
Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.
Whim rules the child, and weather the field, each is open to chance.