whim
/wɪm/
US pronunciation
American sound/wɪm/
whim
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> whim
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
whim /wÇm/ n
ပေါက်ပေါက်ရှာရှာ စိတ်ကူး။ ကြံကြံဖန်ဖန်စိတ်ကူး။ စိတ်ကူးပေါက်ရာ။ I know it's an odd thing to ask. Just call it an old man's whim. ❍ It's just something I bought on a whim. ❍ Staff are moved from one department to another at the whim of the boss. ❍ She seems ready to cater to/indulge (ie satisfy) his every whim. ❍ follow the whims of fashion.
More examples
- ‘When I started this weblog last October, it was more or less on a whim.’
- ‘She did it on a whim when the opportunity presented itself, and she died four days later.’
- ‘I guess we shouldn't be so surprised that Tizard leaves meetings on a whim.’
- ‘The assumption that Her Excellency just spent money on a whim is just plain wrong.’
- ‘It's absurd to suggest that decisions like these can be taken on a whim by the Home Secretary.’
- ‘One of my ancestors could have got really fed up with the weather in the middle of a dull March in 1700 and moved off to Wisconsin on a whim.’
- ‘On a whim I pulled up the posters that lined the bottom of the cupboard.’
- ‘Do I renew those two domain names that I bought on a whim when they seemed like a good idea?’
- ‘On a whim, I responded to one of them, asking whether she ever comes into Center City.’
- ‘Apparently on a whim, Wonka suddenly decides to reopen his doors to five children.’
- ‘This one was bought on a whim one bright Sunday afternoon in 1997, from Clone Zone on Old Compton Street.’
- ‘I don't just go flying around the country on a whim, dammit, I'm a penniless student!’
- ‘He opened the door on a whim, expecting nothing, but instead, he was faced with four sets of eyes.’
- ‘After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto.’
- ‘A player who is selected on a whim could just as easily be dropped on a whim.’
- ‘But the lesson Ken must learn from this is not to even consider spending so much of the council's money on a whim.’
- ‘Recorded in 1987 and conceived on a whim, it was a source of irritation to the band themselves.’
- ‘Regulations seem to be introduced, on a whim or a supposition, without any thought about how they are going to be enforced.’
- ‘Typically the new apparel has been purchased on a whim since the user is aware that the existing pant selection is starting to show its age.’
- ‘I suppose one of the plus sides to being single now is that if I fancy take-out I can order it on a whim.’
Synonyms
impulse, urge, notion, quirk, caprice, fad, craze, cater to, conceit, desire, disposition, dream, fancy, fantasy, freak, humor, humoring, inclination, pamper, passing thought, spare the rod, spoil rotten, sport, sudden idea, thought, vagary, vision, whimsy
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