stims

Noun (1)

stim (plural stims)

1. (informal, uncountable) Sensory stimulation.
   • “Electric therapy has been used in medicine for thousands of years,” says Ken Rusche, director of Wellington Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, a physical therapist and athletic trainer. “[…] Electrical stim is being used in the field of medicine for rehabilitation and strengthening after...1986 January, Joan Fox, “Can You Get Tanned and Trim Without Sun or Exercise?”, in Cincinnati, volume 19, number 4, →ISSN, page 102
2. (autism) Any repetitive self-stimulatory behavior (e.g. hand flapping, head banging, repeating noises or words), frequent in autistic people.
   • 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. […] At the beginning of March 2020, I discovered that many of the stims I regularly turned to were no longer accessible.2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the...

   Synonyms:

   self-stimulation, self-stim

3. (countable) Any drug that stimulates a woman's ovaries to produce eggs.

Noun (2)

stim (plural stims)

1. (slang) Synonym of stimulant (“drug”).

   Synonyms:

   stimulant

Noun (3)

stim (plural stims)

1. (Ireland, rare) A whit or jot; the least amount.
   • That boy hasn't a stim of common sense.

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