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Whim
01
a sudden and impulsive decision or desire that someone has without much thought or reason behind it
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
whims
Examples
On a whim, she decided to drive to the beach instead of going to work.
02
an imaginative and unusual idea, typically changing unpredictably
Examples
The writer 's whim led him to create a character who speaks entirely in rhyming couplets.
