stim

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /stɪm/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /stəm/ Rhymes: -ɪm Homophone: stem (pin–pen merger) === Etymology 1 === Clipping of stimulation or stimulate. ==== Noun ==== stim (plural stims) (informal, uncountable) Sensory stimulation. (psychology, autism) Any repetitive self-stimulatory behavior (e.g. hand flapping, head banging, repeating noises or words), frequent in autistic people. Synonyms: self-stimulation, self-stim (pharmacology, obstetrics, countable) Any drug that stimulates a woman's ovaries to produce eggs. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== stim (third-person singular simple present stims, present participle stimming, simple past and past participle stimmed) (psychology, intransitive) To perform such a repetitive self-stimulatory action. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of stimulant. ==== Noun ==== stim (plural stims) (slang) Synonym of stimulant (“drug”). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Likely related to Scots stime; both perhaps from Old English scima (“shine”). ==== Noun ==== stim (plural stims) (rare, Ireland, chiefly in the negative) A whit or jot; the least amount. === Anagrams === ISTM, ITSM, MIST, MiST, Smit, TIMS, TIMs, TMIs, Tims, mist, smit == 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) a school or shoal (group of fish) ==== Derived terms ==== fiskestim === References === “stim” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse stím. === Noun === stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimar, definite plural stimane) a school or shoal (group of fish) ==== Derived terms ==== fiskestim === References === “stim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish stim, from Old Norse stím, ultimately from a root meaning "to hang together, stand," from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). === Noun === stim n a school, a shoal (large group of fish (or other sea creatures) swimming together) Synonym: (fish, as is usual) fiskstim (uncountable) bustle, buzz ((excited activity with) loud noise of many blended voices) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fiskstim fittstim torskstim ==== Related terms ==== stimma stimmig === References === “stim”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stim”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === mist == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian stemme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnijō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɪm/ === Noun === stim c (plural stimmen, diminutive stimke) voice vote ==== Further reading ==== “stim”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011