whim
noun
RELATED CONTENT
RELATED WORDS
Origin of whim
Synonyms for whim
Examples from the Web for whim
Contemporary Examples of whim
That was 2010, when Williamson was seven, less than two years after painting his first picture on a whim.
And neither he, nor his secret police squad or some lawyer from Detroit, get to change that unilaterally on a whim.
Was it really, as I suspected, ordered on a whim by some yahoo who was deeply affected by a childhood encounter with Grave Digger?
These demands can increase at whim, and worsen with the birth of a child.
She was distraught and sad walking through a park on Long Island when she joined a drum circle on a whim.
Historical Examples of whim
It seemed to have a vast inorganic life of its own, a volition and a whim.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
It suited his whim, and it did more than that: it gave him a chance to speak to her in his teasing way.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
Indeed, Van Baerle's happiness depended on the whim of this man.
The Black TulipAlexandre Dumas (Pere)
The whim had seized her and was holding on tight that Emmeline's might be the Right Place.
Four Girls and a CompactAnnie Hamilton Donnell
He's been satisfying every whim of curiosity that pops into his mind.
The Big TomorrowPaul Lohrman