whim

«whim» in Mova's school dictionary: a sudden wish or idea to do something, often without a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a whim, whims)

meaning for a pupil

A whim is a sudden wish or idea to do something, often without a good reason. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and everyday talk: «on a whim», «at the whim of», «a passing whim». It tells the reader that a choice was sudden and not planned.

examples

• On a whim, we went to the beach after school. tree →
• She bought the hat on a whim. tree →
• The king changed the laws at his every whim. tree →
• Sailors were at the whim of the weather. tree →
• It was just a whim, and he forgot about it the next day. tree →
• Don't spend all your money on a whim. tree →
• Tell him that to satisfy a whim you have, he must give you a dress the colour of the weather. tree →

note

Countable. Adjective: «whimsical» (playful, odd). «At the whim of» means controlled by someone's sudden wishes.

In the corpora

• A piggy bank that is hard to open makes it harder to spend savings on a whim.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «whim» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.