Whim is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for WHIM in dictionary:

VERB:
• to turn aside
• To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.
• have a whim
NOUN:
• a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained
• a windlass for raising ore or water from a mine.
• sudden fancy
• The European widgeon.
• A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
• 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; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.
• an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an impulsive idea

Words related to WHIM

whimmed18 whimming19 whims13

Words that contain WHIM

whims13 whimmy19 whimsy17 whimmed18 whimper17 whimple17 whimsey18 whimbrel18 whimmier18 whimming19 whimpers18 whimpled19 whimples18 whimseys19 whimsied17 whimsier16 whimsies16 whimsily19 whimberry22 whimbrels19 whimmiest19 whimpered20 whimperer19 whimpling20 whimsical19 whimsiest17 whimperers20 whimpering21 whimsiness18 whimberries21 whimperings22 whimsically24 whimperingly26 whimsicality25 whimsinesses20 whimsicalness23 whimsicalities24 whimsicalnesses25

How to use WHIM in a sentence

• He had endangered his own and other lives to humor a boyish whim.
• And when I saw you again three months back that spell was changed from the whim of youth to what men call love.
• Bobby, with a feeling of discomfort, sprung in part from the gloomy passageway, paused before the door his grandfather had had the unaccountable whim of entering last night.
• The Cardinal yielded to every whim, and very soon a goodly number of courtiers rallied round the handsome youth.
• Jessie was a mistress whose least whim he felt it a duty to obey.
• Boards are run by individuals, independently, entirely at their own whim.
• But when he found that instead of her intention being a passing whim it was a settled purpose, he made up his mind to accede to her wishes.
• This time Kromitzki spoke up and treated the whole thing as a childish whim, to be laughed at by sensible people.
• Of course, this was pure fantastic whim, and I knew it at the time for what it was.
• My every whim was at least considered with a politeness which enabled me to accept a denial with a highly sane equanimity.
• This secrecy is one which cannot be justified as a sensational joke nor as a common human freemasonry, nor as an indescribable personal whim.
• Her eyes were distended, and in them I saw a look which told me that this was no mere girlish whim, that this was more than the animal call of youth and sex.
• If you were asked to wear any dress which we might give you, you would not object to our little whim.
• She went once or twice, in a spirit of defiance, it may be said, and meanwhile he remained in London, or took a short trip to the Continent, as the whim prompted him.
• Possibly it was just a wish to yield to his whim in the matter.
• The other women felt that she was a bird of passage, that the frozen Arctic could be no more than a whim to her.
• They minister to an architectural need instead of gratifying an architectural whim.
• Did he take to creation through a personal whim? In that case there would be no natural laws and order in the world.
• With a certain advance in social consciousness public opinion will step in and regulate sentiment in regard to many things depending on individual whim.
• And now, since I have ascertained that your wishes accord with my whim, will it please your lordship to set out for the Chateau de Sigognac this week? The weather is fine.
• Unlike some writers who find in his conduct only a selfish whim, we think that it casts a beautiful radiance upon the early evening of a stormy life.
• You have been able to indulge every whim and fancy.
• Nor does it signify what may be the disposition, or the whim, and caprice of their parents, they must submit to it alike.

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