stim

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See also: știm

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɪm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1

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An autistic adult stimming with a fidget toy

Clipping of stimulation.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

  1. (informal) Clipping of stimulation.
    • 1986 January, Joan Fox, “Can You Get Tanned and Trim Without Sun or Exercise?”, in Cincinnati, volume 19, number 4, →ISSN, page 102:
      “Electric therapy has been used in medicine for thousands of years,” says Ken Rusche, director of Wellington Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, a physical therapist and athletic trainer. “ [] Electrical stim is being used in the field of medicine for rehabilitation and strengthening after injuries. []
  2. (psychology, autism) Any repetitive self-stimulatory behavior (e.g. hand flapping, head banging, repeating noises or words), frequent in people on the autism spectrum.
    Synonyms: self-stimulation, self-stim
    • 2021, Erin Felepchuk, Disability Studies Quarterly:
      Autistic people often stim with the help of technologies such as music and stim toys or tools to mediate between inner worlds and outer environments that may over/underwhelm us.
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Verb

stim (third-person singular simple present stims, present participle stimming, simple past and past participle stimmed)

  1. (psychology) To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action.
    • 2021, Erin Felepchuk, Disability Studies Quarterly:
      Autistic people often stim with the help of technologies such as music and stim toys or tools to mediate between inner worlds and outer environments that may over/underwhelm us.
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Etymology 2

Clipping of stimulant.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

  1. (slang) Synonym of stimulant (drug).
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stím.

Noun

stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimer, definite plural stimene)

stim n (definite singular stimet, indefinite plural stim, definite plural stima or stimene)

  1. a school or shoal (group of fish)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stím.

Noun

stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimar, definite plural stimane)

  1. a school or shoal (group of fish)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stím.

Noun

stim n

  1. a school (a group of fish)
  2. (uncountable) bustle, buzz ((excited activity with) loud noise of many blended voices)

Declension

Declension of stim 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stim stimmet stim stimmen
Genitive stims stimmets stims stimmens

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian stemme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnijō.

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Noun

stim c (plural stimmen, diminutive stimke)

  1. voice
  2. vote

Further reading

  • stim”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011