Usually means: Ornamental object; fanciful or playful.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. whim-wham: Merriam-Webster
  2. whim-wham: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whim-wham, whim-wham: Collins English Dictionary
  4. whim-wham: Wiktionary
  5. whim-wham: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. whim-wham: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. whim-wham: Dictionary.com
  8. WHIM-WHAM: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  9. whim-wham: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whim-wham: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whim-wham)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A whimsical object; a trinket.
▸ noun:  A whim or fancy.
▸ noun:  (in the plural) A state of nervous anxiety.

Similar:
whimwham, whimsy-whamsy, whim-wham for a goose's bridle, whiffle, whummle, whammy, whiff-whaff, wimper, whirry, whimperer, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, practicality, sobriety

Types:
trinket, bauble, gewgaw, doodad, knickknack, tchotchke, curio, souvenir, more...

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Similar:
whimwham, whimsy-whamsy, whim-wham for a goose's bridle, whiffle, whummle, whammy, whiff-whaff, wimper, whirry, whimperer, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, practicality, sobriety

Types:
trinket, bauble, gewgaw, doodad, knickknack, tchotchke, curio, souvenir, more...



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