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Noun: whim  wim
  1. An odd, fanciful or capricious idea
    "the theatrical whim of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories";
    - notion, whimsy, whimsey
     
  2. A sudden desire
    "he bought it on a whim";
    - caprice, impulse, impulsion

Derived forms: whims

Type of: desire, idea, thought

Encyclopedia: Whim, United States Virgin Islands