stim

See also: știm

English

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Etymology 1

From stimulation.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

1. Any repetitive self-stimulatory action (such as flapping the hands, bouncing a leg, spinning in a chair, biting the nails, rocking, etc), typically done by autistic people to combat a lack of or overstimulation, but happens in neurotypical people as well.

Verb

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

1. To perform such an action.

Etymology 2

From stimulant.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

1. (slang) A stimulant drug.

Anagrams

• ISTM, ITSM, MiST, Smit, TIMS, TIMs, TMIs, Tims, mist, smit

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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)

Derived terms

• fiskestim

References

• “stim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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)

Derived terms

• fiskestim

References

• “stim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

stim n

1. 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

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West Frisian

Etymology

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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