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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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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My wife has a whim of iron. Oliver Herford

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. Bell hooks

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls. Edward Abbey

Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. Groucho Marx

Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy. Terry Goodkind

Whim rules the child, and weather the field, each is open to chance. Norse Proverb

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