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stim
[ stim ]
verb (used without object)
- to engage in repetitive physical movements or articulated noises, often in reaction to a mental or emotional state: especially common in young children and those with developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder.
noun
- Also called self-stim·u·la·tor·y be·hav·ior [self, -, stim, -y, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee bi-, heyv, -yer]. a repeated physical movement or articulated noise, ranging from full body rocking or leg bouncing to head banging and hand flapping, exhibited by many people, often in reaction to a mental or emotional state, but especially by young children and those with developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder:
Some common stims like chewing your nails or twirling your hair are similar in their purpose and result to the stims of a child who sucks his thumb or flicks his fingers.
stim
/ stɪm /
noun
- used with a negative a very small amount
I couldn't see a stim
she hasn't a stim of sense
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Example Sentences
Stimulant, stim′ū-lant, adj. stimulating: increasing or exciting vital action.
But if you do, you'll never have a stim of sight in the eye again, and that's why we don't like to do it.
He couldn't see a stim; but he would walk all the roads, and give the right turn, without ever touching the wall.
He couldn't see a stim, and that is why he had such great knowledge.
But if you do, you'll never have a stim of sight in the eye again.'
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