noun
Meaning 1
Sensory stimulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stim
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /stɪm/
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New-Zealand: /stəm/
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rhymes with -ɪm
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homophone: stem (pin–pen merger)
noun
Meaning 2
Any repetitive self-stimulatory behavior (e.g. hand flapping, head banging, repeating noises or words), frequent in autistic people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: autism
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-stimulation, self-stim
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any drug that stimulates a woman's ovaries to produce eggs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: medicine, obstetrics, pharmacology, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of stimulant (“drug”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stimulant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A whit or jot; the least amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, rare
Examples
- That boy hasn't a stim of common sense.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Clipping of stimulation or stimulate.
Clipping of stimulant.
Likely related to Scots stime; both perhaps from Old English scima (“shine”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: autostimulation — repetitive self-stimulatory action
- French: stim — repetitive self-stimulatory action
- Portuguese: stim — repetitive self-stimulatory action
- Serbo-Croatian: stimanje — repetitive self-stimulatory action
- French: stimulant — stimulant drug
- French: stim — stimulant drug
- French: s’autostimuler — to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action
- French: stimmer — to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action
- Serbo-Croatian: stimati — to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action
- Spanish: autoestimular[se] — to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action
- Spanish: estimularse — to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action