[C,U] a sudden wish to do or have sth, especially when it is sth unusual or unnecessary:
He was forced to pander to her every whim. * We bought the house on a whim. * My duties seem to change daily at the whim of the boss. * the whims of fashion * She hires and fires people at whim.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for whim is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is whim a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, whim is tagged as noun.
Does whim appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — whim appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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