English Explanatory Dictionary

whim-wham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A whimsical object; a trinket.
  2. A whim or fancy.
  3. A state of nervous anxiety.

Word forms

whim-wham whim-whams whimwham

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from North Germanic (compare Old Norse hvima (“to let the eyes wander”), Norwegian kvima (“to flutter”)), but in any case ultimately sound-symbolic/a fanciful reduplication (compare flim-flam).

Derived words

whim-wham for a goose's bridle
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