whim
About 1.31 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
- noun 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.
- verb To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.
- noun A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
Similar words
whimsey whimsy caprice vagary impulse notion humour drivel game mania
Often followed by
of and or to that is in for was
Word family
whims
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