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stim toy

stim toy noun: any toy, usually handheld, used for sensory self-stimulation.

Noun

stim toy (plural stim toys)

  1. (autism) Any toy, usually handheld, used for sensory self-stimulation.
    • Autistic people often stim with the help of technologies such as music and stim toys or tools to mediate between inner worlds and outer environments that may over/underwhelm us.2021, Erin Felepchuk, Disability Studies Quarterly

Forms of stim toy

pluralstim toys

Questions about stim toy

What does stim toy mean?
Stim toy means any toy, usually handheld, used for sensory self-stimulation.
What part of speech is stim toy?
Stim toy is a noun.
What is the plural of stim toy?
The plural of stim toy is stim toys.

Words near stim toy in the dictionary

  1. stim
  2. stim board
  3. stim boards
  4. stim pack
  5. stim packs
  6. stim toy
  7. stim toys
  8. Stimac
  9. Stimacs
  10. stimboard
  11. stimboards

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