whim

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 257 words | Copyright

whim / (h)wim/ • n. 1. a sudden desire or change of mind, esp. one that is unusual or unexplained: she bought it on a whim | he appeared and disappeared at whim. 2. archaic a windlass for raising ore or water from a mine.

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