American English pronunciation
How to pronounce whims
IPA transcription: ['wɪmz]
Pronunciation variants: ['wɪmz][h'wɪmz]
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Noun
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a sudden desire
“he bought it on an impulse”
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an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
“the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories”
“he had a whimsy about flying to the moon”
“whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it”
Usage examples
- Whimsy is a difficult thing to capture.
- His work is often romantic and whimsical.
- Much of its distinctive and whimsical architecture derives from that period.
- They brought back their accoutrements of battle and adapted them, whimsically, to herding.
- Whimsy is a difficult thing to capture.
- A. G. Macdonell and G. K. Chesterton also produced flights of whimsy.
- Whimsy is a difficult thing to capture.
- Imagery varies from whimsical fish and downtown buildings to ducks and Native Americans.
- Whimsy is a difficult thing to capture.
- Whimsy is a difficult thing to capture.