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stim

Pronunciation: /stɪm/

The English word “stim” has 6 meanings listed here.

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.
  4. Synonym of stimulant (“drug”).
  5. A whit or jot; the least amount.

verb

  1. To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action.

Etymology

Clipping of stimulation or stimulate.

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