whim

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   A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.countableuncountable

   • Let ev’ry Man enjoy his whim; / What’s He to Me, or I to him?
   • “No, it is not for a wager; it is a whim of mine, which I fancy from the tone of your conversation you could understand, being apparently somewhat whimsical yourself.” “So far as whim goes, be assured of my sympathy.”
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   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.countableuncountable

syn. boutade · caprice · capriccio · conceit · crotchet · delirament · fancy · fangle · figary · flisk · freak · kink

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   To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.intransitiverare

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   A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.

syn. boutade · caprice · capriccio · conceit · crotchet · delirament · fancy · fangle · figary · flisk · freak · kink