Whim - English meaning

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

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A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

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The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

noun

A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour.

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The caprices of the electorate

noun

(the quality of often having) a sudden and usually silly wish to have or do something, or a sudden and silly change of mind or behaviour

Usage examples:

The $300 million palace was built to satisfy the caprice of one man.

noun

The quality of changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly

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Her capriciousness made her difficult to work with.

noun

Excessive pride in oneself.

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He was puffed up with conceit

noun

The habit or attitude of thinking yourself better than others, even when there is no reason to think so

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He’s a great musician, and not conceited at all.

noun

The state of being too proud of yourself and your actions

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The conceit of that man is incredible!

noun

An enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity.

Usage examples:

The new craze for step aerobics

verb

Make (someone) insane or wildly out of control.

Usage examples:

Crazed by hunger, the population began to turn on the rebels

noun

An activity, object, or idea that is extremely popular, usually for a short time

Usage examples:

The latest craze cycling shorts were the latest craze that year., craze for the craze for health fo…

noun

A note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.

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The process was simple: composers strictly followed the metre of the verse, setting long, accented …

noun

A musical note with a time value equal to two quavers or half a minim

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The time signature is a guide to the number of minims, crotchets, and quavers there are in a bar., …

noun

A personal opinion or habit

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She had her crotchets, and she expressed them without hesitation., he has some crotchets which are …

noun

An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze.

Usage examples:

Some regard green politics as no more than the latest fad

abbreviation

Flavin adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme derived from riboflavin and important in various metabolic reactions.

noun

A style or activity that suddenly becomes popular but which usually does not stay popular for very long

Usage examples:

He thought computers would be just a fad.

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

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The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

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This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

noun

Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.

Usage examples:

The fickleness of youth

noun

The quality of being likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly and without a good reason

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The fickleness of modern-day football fans, the fickleness of public taste, the fickleness of fortu…

noun

The quality of being likely to change suddenly and without warning

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The fickleness of fortune, the incident demonstrated the fickleness of politics.

noun

A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character.

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They have to tolerate each other's little foibles

phrase

A minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character

noun

A small fault or foolish habit

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We all have our little foibles.

noun

A very unusual and unexpected event or situation.

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The teacher says the accident was a total freak

verb

Behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion or drugs.

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He freaked out and smashed the place up

adjective

Extremely unusual or unlikely

Usage examples:

She died in a freak automobile accident., a freak midsummer hailstorm caught us all by surprise., m…

noun

The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.

Usage examples:

His tales are full of humour

verb

Comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.

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She was always humouring him to prevent trouble

noun

The ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, or the quality of being funny

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He's got a great sense of humour (= he is very able to see things as funny)., i must say i find his…

noun

A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.

Usage examples:

The idea of linking pay to performance has caught on

noun

A suggestion or plan for doing something

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Have an idea i've had an idea - why don't we go to the coast?, good idea "let's go swimming." "that…

noun

An understanding, thought, or picture in your mind

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Have any idea of do you have any idea of what he looks like?, give someone an idea of something can…

noun

A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.

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I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle

An impelling force or strength

noun

A sudden, strong desire to do something

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[ + to infinitive ] i had this impulse to dye my hair red., [ u ] i bought this expensive sweater o…

noun

A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.

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John was a scientist by training and inclination

noun

A preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something

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Tony has a strong inclination toward the arts., if i were in your situation, my inclination would b…

noun

A feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing

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[ + to infinitive ] my own inclination would be to look for another job., we should be basing our d…

noun

A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.

Usage examples:

A kink in the road

verb

Form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve.

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The river kinks violently in a right angle

noun

A sharp twist or bend in something such as a wire or rope

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There was a kink in the hose and the water wouldn’t come through., the system will work fine once w…

noun

A soft-bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect, found in decaying matter.

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The maggots attack the roots of the developing cabbages

noun

A creature like a very small worm (= an animal with a soft body and no arms or legs) that later develops into a flying insect

noun

Depression; low spirits.

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Exercise could banish most megrims

noun

A deep-water flatfish of the european atlantic coast.

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Even though this rig is especially good for gurnards, it also proves superbly successful for dabs, …

noun

A conception of or belief about something.

Usage examples:

Children have different notions about the roles of their parents

noun

A belief or idea

Usage examples:

Nast helped form the american notion of santa claus.

noun

Strong and barely controllable emotion.

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A man of impetuous passion

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

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Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…

noun

An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour.

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The vagaries of the weather

noun

Liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse.

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The succession of new rulers contributed to the volatility of the situation

noun

The quality or state of being likely to change suddenly, especially by becoming worse

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The volatility of the political situation, worries about volatility in the economy, market/price/cu…

noun

Playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour.

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The film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing

noun

Something playful and amusing

Usage examples:

[ u ] the second book is as full of happy whimsy as the first.