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A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained
“Regulations seem to be introduced, on a whim or a supposition, without any thought about how they are going to be enforced.”
The state of being, or an action considered, capricious or unpredictable
“My rules do not change according to the whim of mankind.”
A peculiar aspect of a person's character or behavior
“The commitment to preserving the traditional role of Southern womanhood was not just an isolated, idiosyncratic whim of nostalgic Southerners.”
A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time
A desire that appears inconceivable
A practical joke or mischievous trick
A proclivity or inclination towards something or someone
Anas penelope, a species of dabbling duck
A joke or type of wordplay in which sounds, words or phrases are deliberately confused
The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment
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