Meaning

1 senses
  1. (rare)To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.

Examples

36 sentences
  1. I did it on a whim.

    deIch habe das aus einer Laune heraus gemacht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Don't pay any attention to her whims.

    Не зважай на її примхи. — deniko

    ruНе обращай внимания на её капризы. — marafon

  3. Father was generous enough to indulge my every whim.

    Батько був достатньо щедрий, щоб потурати всім моїм примхам. — deniko

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  4. At work they are at the whim of the boss.

    На роботі вони залежать від примх керівника. — deniko

  5. You're catering to his every whim.

    ruТы потакаешь всем его капризам. — marafon

Origin

Clipping of whim-wham.

Clipping of whim-wham.

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Forms

whims, whimming, whimmed, whimmed
Base formwhim · to whim
3rd person singularwhims
Present participlewhimming
Past simplewhimmed
Past participlewhimmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhim
he, she, itwhims

Past simpleLesson

all personswhimmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whimmed
he, she, ithas whimmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whim

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whim — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto