Whim

Definition

whim /wÇm/ n ေပါက္ေပါက္ရွာရွာ စိတ္ကူး။ ႀကံႀကံဖန္ဖန္စိတ္ကူး။ စိတ္ကူးေပါက္ရာ။ 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.

Examples

1. ‘When I started this weblog last October
2. it was more or less on a whim.’
3. ‘She did it on a whim when the opportunity presented itself
4. and she died four days later.’
5. ‘I guess we shouldn't be so surprised that Tizard leaves meetings on a whim.’
6. ‘The assumption that Her Excellency just spent money on a whim is just plain wrong.’
7. ‘It's absurd to suggest that decisions like these can be taken on a whim by the Home Secretary.’
8. ‘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.’
9. ‘On a whim I pulled up the posters that lined the bottom of the cupboard.’
10. ‘Do I renew those two domain names that I bought on a whim when they seemed like a good idea?’
11. ‘On a whim
12. I responded to one of them
13. asking whether she ever comes into Center City.’
14. ‘Apparently on a whim
15. Wonka suddenly decides to reopen his doors to five children.’
16. ‘This one was bought on a whim one bright Sunday afternoon in 1997
17. from Clone Zone on Old Compton Street.’
18. ‘I don't just go flying around the country on a whim
19. dammit
20. I'm a penniless student!’
21. ‘He opened the door on a whim
22. expecting nothing
23. but instead
24. he was faced with four sets of eyes.’
25. ‘After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto.’
26. ‘A player who is selected on a whim could just as easily be dropped on a whim.’
27. ‘But the lesson Ken must learn from this is not to even consider spending so much of the council's money on a whim.’
28. ‘Recorded in 1987 and conceived on a whim
29. it was a source of irritation to the band themselves.’
30. ‘Regulations seem to be introduced
31. on a whim or a supposition
32. without any thought about how they are going to be enforced.’
33. ‘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.’
34. ‘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.’