whim
wim
- n a sudden desire
- n an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
he had a whimsy about flying to the moon
whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it
- If there is anything in the world of high fashion more vulnerable to whim than clothes, it is the models who wear them.
- On a whim, a messenger bid for 100 shares of White Sewing Machine at $1and in the absence of any other buyers, got it.
- Their every whim and impulse-purchase is religiously observed and analyzed by the titans of advertising, marketing, fashion, publishing and the cute-little-gadgets industry.