stim

See also: știm

English

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Etymology 1

From stimulation.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

  1. Any of various repetitive actions, such as flapping the hands, wiggling the knees, shining a light into one's eye, and spinning in a chair, typically performed by autistic people.

Verb

stim (third-person singular simple present stims, present participle stimming, simple past and past participle stimmed)

  1. To perform such an action.

Etymology 2

From stimulant.

Noun

stim (plural stims)

  1. (slang) A stimulant drug.

Anagrams


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)

  1. a school or shoal (group of fish)

Derived terms

  • fiskestim

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stím

Noun

stim m (definite singular stimen, indefinite plural stimar, definite plural stimane)

  1. a school or shoal (group of fish)

Derived terms

  • fiskestim

References


Swedish

Noun

stim n

  1. a school (a group of fish)

Declension

Declension of stim 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stim stimmet stim stimmen
Genitive stims stimmets stims stimmens
  • fittstim
  • stimma
  • STIM
  • torskstim

West Frisian

Noun

stim c (plural stimmen, diminutive stimke)

  1. voice
  2. vote

Further reading

  • stim”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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