different between whim vs frickle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)w?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Clipping of whim-wham.

Noun

whim (countable and uncountable, plural whims)

1. A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Churchill to this entry?)

     Let every man enjoy his whim.

2. (mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes

Synonyms

• (fancy): lark, especially in phrase on a whim, see also Thesaurus:whim

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

whim (third-person singular simple present whims, present participle whimming, simple past and past participle whimmed)

1. (rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.

Further reading

• Picture of a horse-powered whim used to wind the cables on to work the mine between the depth of 50 feet to 500 feet - photo taken at Gympie, Queensland, Australia

Etymology 2

Compare whimbrel.

Noun

whim (plural whims)

1. A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

Blend of fried +? pickle

Noun

frickle (plural frickles)

1. (Canada, US) A snack food consisting of a fried pickle.
   • 2013, Lisa Faulkner, The Way I Cook... (page 41)

     Frickles (fried pickles) are inspired and served with a blue cheese dipping sauce (see page 20).

Etymology 2

Noun

frickle (plural frickles)

1. (obsolete) A bushel basket.

Anagrams

• Flicker, fickler, flicker

German

Verb

frickle

1. inflection of frickeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative