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See also: știm
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Clipping of stimulation.
Noun[edit]
stim (plural stims)
- (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. […] ”
- (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[1]:
- 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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Translations[edit]
repetitive self-stimulatory action
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Verb[edit]
stim (third-person singular simple present stims, present participle stimming, simple past and past participle stimmed)
- (psychology) To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action.
- 2021, Erin Felepchuk, Disability Studies Quarterly[2]:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
stim (plural stims)
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimer, definite plural stimene)
stim n (definite singular stimet, indefinite plural stim, definite plural stima or stimene)
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- “stim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimar, definite plural stimane)
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- “stim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
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stim n
- a school (a group of fish)
- (uncountable) bustle, buzz ((excited activity with) loud noise of many blended voices)
Declension[edit]
Declension of stim | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stim | stimmet | stim | stimmen |
Genitive | stims | stimmets | stims | stimmens |
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West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian stemme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnijō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stim c (plural stimmen, diminutive stimke)
Further reading[edit]
- “stim”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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