stim.
Sensory stimulation.
Meaning & usage
Sensory stimulation.
Any repetitive self-stimulatory behavior (e.g. hand flapping, head banging, repeating noises or words), frequent in autistic people.
Any drug that stimulates a woman's ovaries to produce eggs.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of stimulation or stimulate.
To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of stimulation or stimulate.
Synonym of stimulant (“drug”).
Where this word comes from
Clipping of stimulant.
A whit or jot; the least amount.
That boy hasn't a stim of common sense.
Where this word comes from
Likely related to Scots stime; both perhaps from Old English scima (“shine”).
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