"whim" meaning in English

See whim in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /(h)wɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whims [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: Clipping of whim-wham. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|whim-wham}} Clipping of whim-wham Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whim (countable and uncountable, plural whims)
  1. A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (fancy): lark Translations (fanciful impulse): rrebe (Albanian), σχεδίασμα (skhedíasma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), şıltaq (Azerbaijani), kauragan (Bikol Central), прищявка (prištjavka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), каприз (kapriz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), antull [masculine] (Catalan), capritx [masculine] (Catalan), caprici [masculine] (Catalan), dèria [feminine] (Catalan), curolla [feminine] (Catalan), 怪念頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 怪念头 (guàiniàntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 奇想 (qíxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), rozmar [masculine] (Czech), gril (Dutch), kaprico (Esperanto), oikku (Finnish), lubie [feminine] (French), caprice [masculine] (French), antollo [masculine] (Galician), capricho [masculine] (Galician), Laune [feminine] (German), Grille [feminine] (German), Marotte [feminine] (German), Kaprize [feminine] (German), Verrücktheit [feminine] (German), wunderlicher Einfall [masculine] (German), גַּחֲמָה (gaẖamá) [feminine] (Hebrew), szeszély (Hungarian), dyntur [masculine] (Icelandic), duttlungur [masculine] (Icelandic), kenjar [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), capriccio [masculine] (Italian), ghiribizzo [masculine] (Italian), fantasia [feminine] (Italian), stravaganza [feminine] (Italian), stranezza [feminine] (Italian), griccio [masculine] (Italian), stramberia [feminine] (Italian), grillo [masculine] (Italian), uzzolo [masculine] (Italian), sfizio [masculine] (Italian), gnagnera [feminine] (Italian), 気紛れ (kimagure) (alt: きまぐれ) (Japanese), arbitrium [neuter] (Latin), хир (hir) [masculine] (Macedonian), whakaaro ohia (Maori), ویر (vir) (Persian), kaprys [masculine] (Polish), widzimisię [neuter] (Polish), inspiração (Portuguese), capricho (Portuguese), capriciu [neuter] (Romanian), toană [feminine] (Romanian), капри́з (kapríz) [masculine] (Russian), при́хоть (príxotʹ) [feminine] (Russian), блажь (blažʹ) [feminine] (Russian), причу́да (pričúda) [feminine] (Russian), хи̑р [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hȋr [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vrtoch [masculine] (Slovak), rozmar [masculine] (Slovak), kaprica [feminine] (Slovene), capricho [masculine] (Spanish), ventolera (Spanish), nyck [common-gender] (Swedish), infall [neuter] (Swedish), kapris (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-whim-en-noun-cZHfHI2R Disambiguation of 'fancy': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'fanciful impulse': 93 7
  2. (mining) 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 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-whim-en-noun-njkhEhuS Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: idea, impulse, notion, thought Derived forms: on a whim, whim gin, whim shaft, whimsical Related terms: on a whim [idiomatic], whimling [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: especially in phrase on a whim, boutade, caprice, capriccio, conceit, crotchet [archaic], delirament [obsolete], fancy, fangle, figary [obsolete], flisk [Scotland], freak, kink, maggot [obsolete], megrim [rare], spleen [obsolete], toy [obsolete], vagary, whim, whim-wham, whimsy

Noun

IPA: /(h)wɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whims [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: Compare whimbrel. Etymology templates: {{m|en|whimbrel}} whimbrel Head templates: {{en-noun}} whim (plural whims)
  1. A bird, the Eurasian wigeon. Categories (lifeform): Dabbling ducks Synonyms: lark
    Sense id: en-whim-en-noun-0b03VWh6 Disambiguation of Dabbling ducks: 8 16 64 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 17 59 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 17 64 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: idea, impulse, notion, thought Related terms: on a whim [idiomatic], whimling [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2 Synonyms: boutade, caprice, capriccio, conceit, crotchet [archaic], delirament [obsolete], fancy, fangle, figary [obsolete], flisk [Scotland], freak, kink, maggot [obsolete], megrim [rare], spleen [obsolete], toy [obsolete], vagary, whim, whim-wham, whimsy

Verb

IPA: /(h)wɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whims [present, singular, third-person], whimming [participle, present], whimmed [participle, past], whimmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: Clipping of whim-wham. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|whim-wham}} Clipping of whim-wham Head templates: {{en-verb}} whim (third-person singular simple present whims, present participle whimming, simple past and past participle whimmed)
  1. (rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-whim-en-verb-dUP47ffS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for whim meaning in English (18.6kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "on a whim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "whim gin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "whim shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "whimsical"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whim-wham"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of whim-wham",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of whim-wham.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whims",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "whim (countable and uncountable, plural whims)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "idea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "impulse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "notion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "thought"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "on a whim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "whimling"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost, book IV, J. Coote, →OCLC, page 137",
          "text": "Let ev’ry Man enjoy his whim; / What’s He to Me, or I to him?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 269",
          "text": "The king was tired of this whim of hers long ago, and thought she ought to get married like other people; there was nothing she need wait for, she was old enough and she would not be any richer either, for she was to have half the kingdom, which she inherited after her mother.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
          "text": "“You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea."
      ],
      "id": "en-whim-en-noun-cZHfHI2R",
      "links": [
        [
          "fanciful",
          "fanciful"
        ],
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "fancy",
          "word": "lark"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "rrebe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "şıltaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "kauragan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prištjavka",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прищявка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kapriz",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каприз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antull"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capritx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caprici"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dèria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "curolla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "怪念頭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guàiniàntóu",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "怪念头"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qíxiǎng",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "奇想"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "gril"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "kaprico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "oikku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lubie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caprice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antollo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capricho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Laune"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Marotte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kaprize"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verrücktheit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wunderlicher Einfall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "skhedíasma",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σχεδίασμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gaẖamá",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "גַּחֲמָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "szeszély"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dyntur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duttlungur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kenjar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capriccio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ghiribizzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fantasia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stravaganza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stranezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "griccio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stramberia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grillo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uzzolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sfizio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gnagnera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "alt": "きまぐれ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kimagure",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "気紛れ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "arbitrium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "hir",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "whakaaro ohia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vir",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "ویر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kaprys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "widzimisię"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "inspiração"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "capricho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "capriciu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toană"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kapríz",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "капри́з"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "príxotʹ",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при́хоть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "blažʹ",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "блажь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pričúda",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "причу́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хи̑р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hȋr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vrtoch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kaprica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capricho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "ventolera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "nyck"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "infall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "fanciful impulse",
          "word": "kapris"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mining",
          "orig": "en:Mining",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-whim-en-noun-njkhEhuS",
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "capstan",
          "capstan"
        ],
        [
          "ore",
          "ore"
        ],
        [
          "mines",
          "mine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) 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"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)wɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "especially in phrase on a whim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "boutade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "caprice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "capriccio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "conceit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "crotchet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "delirament"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fancy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fangle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "figary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "flisk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "freak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "kink"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "maggot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "megrim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spleen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "toy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "vagary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim-wham"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whimsy"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whim"
  ],
  "word": "whim"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whim-wham"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of whim-wham",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of whim-wham.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whims",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whimming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whimmed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whimmed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whim (third-person singular simple present whims, present participle whimming, simple past and past participle whimmed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To be seized with a whim; to be capricious."
      ],
      "id": "en-whim-en-verb-dUP47ffS",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)wɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whim"
  ],
  "word": "whim"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whimbrel"
      },
      "expansion": "whimbrel",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare whimbrel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whims",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whim (plural whims)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "idea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "impulse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "notion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "thought"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "on a whim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "whimling"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 17 59 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 17 64 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 16 64 13",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dabbling ducks",
          "orig": "en:Dabbling ducks",
          "parents": [
            "Ducks",
            "Anatids",
            "Poultry",
            "Freshwater birds",
            "Birds",
            "Livestock",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Chordates",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bird, the Eurasian wigeon."
      ],
      "id": "en-whim-en-noun-0b03VWh6",
      "links": [
        [
          "Eurasian wigeon",
          "Eurasian wigeon"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
          "word": "lark"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)wɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "boutade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "caprice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "capriccio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "conceit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "crotchet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "delirament"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fancy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fangle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "figary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "flisk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "freak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "kink"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "maggot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "megrim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spleen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "toy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "vagary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim-wham"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whimsy"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whim"
  ],
  "word": "whim"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English clippings",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm/1 syllable",
    "en:Dabbling ducks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "on a whim"
    },
    {
      "word": "whim gin"
    },
    {
      "word": "whim shaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "whimsical"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whim-wham"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of whim-wham",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of whim-wham.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whims",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "whim (countable and uncountable, plural whims)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "idea"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "impulse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "notion"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "thought"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "on a whim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "whimling"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost, book IV, J. Coote, →OCLC, page 137",
          "text": "Let ev’ry Man enjoy his whim; / What’s He to Me, or I to him?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 269",
          "text": "The king was tired of this whim of hers long ago, and thought she ought to get married like other people; there was nothing she need wait for, she was old enough and she would not be any richer either, for she was to have half the kingdom, which she inherited after her mother.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
          "text": "“You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fanciful",
          "fanciful"
        ],
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "capstan",
          "capstan"
        ],
        [
          "ore",
          "ore"
        ],
        [
          "mines",
          "mine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) 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"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)wɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "fancy",
      "word": "lark"
    },
    {
      "word": "especially in phrase on a whim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "boutade"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "caprice"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "capriccio"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "conceit"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "crotchet"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "delirament"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fancy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fangle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "figary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "flisk"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "freak"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "kink"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "maggot"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "megrim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spleen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "toy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "vagary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim-wham"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whimsy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "rrebe"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "şıltaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "kauragan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prištjavka",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прищявка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kapriz",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каприз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antull"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capritx"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caprici"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dèria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "curolla"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "怪念頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guàiniàntóu",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "怪念头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíxiǎng",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "奇想"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "gril"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "kaprico"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "oikku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lubie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caprice"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capricho"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Laune"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grille"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Marotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kaprize"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verrücktheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wunderlicher Einfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "skhedíasma",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σχεδίασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gaẖamá",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גַּחֲמָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "szeszély"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyntur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duttlungur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kenjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capriccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ghiribizzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stravaganza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stranezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "griccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stramberia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uzzolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sfizio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gnagnera"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きまぐれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kimagure",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "気紛れ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arbitrium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "hir",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "whakaaro ohia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vir",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "ویر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaprys"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "widzimisię"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "inspiração"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "capricho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "capriciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kapríz",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "капри́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "príxotʹ",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́хоть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blažʹ",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блажь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričúda",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "причу́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хи̑р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hȋr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrtoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaprica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capricho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "ventolera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nyck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "infall"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fanciful impulse",
      "word": "kapris"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whim"
  ],
  "word": "whim"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English clippings",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm/1 syllable",
    "en:Dabbling ducks"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whim-wham"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of whim-wham",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of whim-wham.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whims",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whimming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whimmed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whimmed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whim (third-person singular simple present whims, present participle whimming, simple past and past participle whimmed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be seized with a whim; to be capricious."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)wɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whim"
  ],
  "word": "whim"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm/1 syllable",
    "en:Dabbling ducks"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whimbrel"
      },
      "expansion": "whimbrel",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare whimbrel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whims",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whim (plural whims)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "idea"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "impulse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "notion"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "thought"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "on a whim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "whimling"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A bird, the Eurasian wigeon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Eurasian wigeon",
          "Eurasian wigeon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)wɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whim.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whim.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "boutade"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "caprice"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "capriccio"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "conceit"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "crotchet"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "delirament"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fancy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "fangle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "figary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "flisk"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "freak"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "kink"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "lark"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "maggot"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "megrim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spleen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "toy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "vagary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whim-wham"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whim",
      "word": "whimsy"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whim"
  ],
  "word": "whim"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.