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destimming

destimming is the present participle and gerund of destim.

Meaning of destim

Verb

destim (third-person singular simple present destims, present participle destimming, simple past and past participle destimmed)

  1. (slang, autism) To intentionally block out overwhelming stimuli in order to avoid sensory overload.
    • I got overwhelmed by the loud music and had to go into another room to destim.

Questions about destimming

What is destimming the present participle and gerund of?
Destimming is the present participle and gerund of destim.

Words near destimming in the dictionary

  1. destigmatizers
  2. destigmatizes
  3. destigmatizing
  4. destim
  5. destimmed
  6. destimming
  7. destims
  8. destimulant
  9. destimulants
  10. destimulate
  11. destimulated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: destimming (page history and authors); destim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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