stim
See also: știm
English
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Etymology 1
An autistic adult stimming with a fidget toy.
Clipping of stimulation.
Noun
stim (plural stims)
- Any repetitive self-stimulating action. Prototypically done by autistic people to combat a lack of or excessive stimulation and also done by neurotypical people.
Translations
repetitive self-stimulating action
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Verb
stim (third-person singular simple present stims, present participle stimming, simple past and past participle stimmed)
- To perform such an action.
Translations
to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action
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See also
stimming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From stimulant.
Noun
stim (plural stims)
- (slang) A stimulant drug.
Translations
stimulant drug
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Anagrams
- ISTM, ITSM, MIST, MiST, Smit, TIMS, TIMs, TMIs, Tims, mist, smit
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)
- a school or shoal (group of fish)
Derived terms
- fiskestim
References
- “stim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse stím.
Noun
stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimar, definite plural stimane)
- a school or shoal (group of fish)
Derived terms
- fiskestim
References
- “stim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse stím.
Noun
stim n
- a school (a group of fish)
Declension
| Declension of stim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stim | stimmet | stim | stimmen |
| Genitive | stims | stimmets | stims | stimmens |
Related terms
- fittstim
- stimma
- STIM
- torskstim
Anagrams
- mist
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian stemme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnijō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɪm/
Noun
stim c (plural stimmen, diminutive stimke)
- voice
- vote
Further reading
- “stim”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011