Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-stim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: self--s-tim
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of self-stimulate.

noun

An instance or habit of self-stimulation.

Example Sentences

"He self-stims when I'm not watching, and sometimes even when I am."
"Perhaps that is why your child is rocking back and forth, tapping his finger, or whatever he does![…]Or your child could be sensation seeking. That is, he self-stims because it feels good!"
""Looks like Mommy really screwed up this time," she said to the nonverbal child who looked only briefly at her then wiggled to the floor where he rocked back and forth while flipping his eyes left and right, a move he could do for hours and which the doctors called a "self-stim". They said it was common with kids with Angelman Syndrome."

Etymology

From self- + stim.

Inflected Forms

self-stims (present, singular) self-stimming (participle, present) self-stimmed (participle, past) self-stimmed (past) self-stims (plural)

Synonyms

self-stimulate stim

Questions

What does self-stim mean?: Synonym of self-stimulate.
Where does self-stim come from?: From self- + stim.

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