whim

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
 * 2)  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
 * 1)  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
 * 1)  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
 * 1)  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

Synonyms

 * , especially in phrase on a whim, see also Thesaurus:whim

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Azerbaijani: şıltaq
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, , , dèria,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, , , , , wunderlicher Einfall
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σχεδίασμα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , kenjar
 * Italian:, , , , , griccio, , , , , gnagnera
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: arbitrium
 * Macedonian: хир
 * Maori: whakaaro ohia
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: хи̑р,
 * Slovak: vrtoch, rozmar
 * Slovene: kaprica
 * Spanish:, ventolera
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.

Etymology 2
Compare.

Noun

 * 1) A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.