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"A whim (capstan or vertical drum)."
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"ref": "2016 January 29, Krister Johnson, “One Million Saved”, in Childrens Hospital, season 7, episode 2",
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whim"
},
"expansion": "whim",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from whims + -y. Related to whim-wham, whim.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whimsies",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whimsying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whimsied",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whimsied",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whimsy (third-person singular simple present whimsies, present participle whimsying, simple past and past participle whimsied)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze."
],
"links": [
[
"fill",
"fill#Verb"
],
[
"whimsies",
"whimsy#Noun"
],
[
"whim",
"whim"
],
[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"fantastic",
"fantastic"
],
[
"craze",
"craze#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɪmzi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʍɪmzi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪmzi"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whimsy.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whimsy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whimsy.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whimsy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whimsy.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "whimsey"
}
],
"word": "whimsy"
}
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