English Explanatory Dictionary

stim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sensory stimulation.
  2. Any repetitive self-stimulatory behavior (e.g. hand flapping, head banging, repeating noises or words), frequent in autistic people.
  3. Any drug that stimulates a woman's ovaries to produce eggs.
verb
  1. To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action.
noun
  1. Synonym of stimulant (“drug”).
noun
  1. A whit or jot; the least amount.

Pronunciation

/stɪm/ En-au-stim.ogg /stəm/

Word forms

stim stims stimming stimmed

Etymology

Clipping of stimulation or stimulate.

Synonyms

self-stimulation self-stim stimulant

Derived words

destim electrostim e-stim stim board stimmy stim toy self-stim stimmable stimmer stimfap stim pack
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