whim wham

whim wham
Synonyms and related words:
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, blocks, boutade, brainstorm, brass farthing, bric-a-brac, button, capriccio, caprice, cent, checkerboard, chessboard, club, cockhorse, conceit, crank, craze, crazy idea, cricket bat, crotchet, cue, curio, doll, doll carriage, fad, fancy, fantastic notion, fantasy, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, flimflam, folderol, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, hair, halfpenny, harebrained idea, hill of beans, hobbyhorse, humor, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jest, joke, kickshaw, kink, knack, knickknack, knickknackery, maggot, marble, marionette, megrim, mig, minikin, mockery, molehill, notion, paper doll, passing fancy, peppercorn, picayune, pick-up sticks, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pinwheel, plaything, puppet, quirk, racket, rag doll, rap, red cent, rocking horse, row of pins, rush, shit, snap, sneeshing, sou, sport, steelie, straw, taw, teetotum, top, toy, toy soldier, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, vagary, whim, whimsy

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • whim-wham — [hwim′hwam΄, wim′wam΄] n. [< ?] 1. a fanciful ornament; bauble; trinket 2. an odd notion; fancy; whim ☆ the whim whams Informal an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters …   English World dictionary

  • whim|wham — «HWIHM HWAM», noun. Archaic or Dialect. 1. any odd or fanciful object or thing; gimcrack; trifle. 2. a fanciful notion; an odd fancy. ╂[varied reduplication of whim] …   Useful english dictionary

  • whim-wham — /hwim hwam , wim wam /, n. 1. any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack. 2. whim whams, Informal. nervousness; jitters: He had the whim whams after the accident. [1490 1500; gradational compound; cf. FLIMFLAM, JIMJAMS, etc.] * * * …   Universalium

  • whim-wham — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1500 1. a whimsical object or device especially of ornament or dress 2. fancy, whim 3. plural jitters …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • whim-wham — noun a) a whimsical object; a trinket b) a whim or fancy …   Wiktionary

  • whim-wham — noun archaic 1》 a quaint and decorative object; a trinket. 2》 a whim. Origin C16: humorous reduplication …   English new terms dictionary

  • whim-wham — /ˈwɪm wæm/ (say wim wam) noun Obsolete any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack. {a reduplication with vowel variation of wham} …  

  • whim-wham — n. archaic 1 a toy or plaything. 2 = WHIM 1. Etymology: redupl.: orig. uncert …   Useful english dictionary

  • Whim-wham — any odd or fanciful object or thing; something showy or useless …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • whim-wham — Australian Slang any odd or fanciful object or thing; something showy or useless …   English dialects glossary

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