WHIM


Meaning of WHIM in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

pander to...every whim

Highly trained staff will pander to your every whim .

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

pander

They travelled extensively, but he had to pander to her every whim .

But healthy, durable enterprises refuse to pander to the transitory whims of their clienteles.

Perhaps it would be wise to pander a little to his whims since it seemed he was prone to these Viking tendencies.

She had long realised that while Luther Reynolds lived, David would always be there to pander to his every whim .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I don't know why I bought it. I suppose it was just a whim .

I went to visit her on a whim .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Athletes are penalized for transferring, but coaches may leave on a whim .

He had never been able to lose himself in a crowd, or dash off somewhere suddenly on a whim .

It cried out to be fondled, yanked, and squeezed, and I bowed to its whims with a willing heart.

That first day or two, I kept on thinking he would telephone, that it was all a sort of whim .

The sail had been a hindrance, making sport of me at each whim of the wind, so I lowered it.

This is just a whim but it is great fun.

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