Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stimmer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stim-mer
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who engages in stimming behaviour.

Example Sentences

"Most people probably wouldn't guess either of them had autism since they are both so high functioning; Dillon is a “stimmer” though—lots of hand flapping."
"Cam is a first-class stimmer. The stims have passed through stages, each more obsessive than the last."
"We are also perpetual stimmers: displaying or masking our stims, engaging in self-injurious or artistic stims, creatively expressing ourselves, or responding to trauma or stim suppression."

Etymology

From stim (“to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action”) + -er.

Inflected Forms

stimmers (plural)

Questions

What does stimmer mean?: One who engages in stimming behaviour.
Where does stimmer come from?: From stim (“to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action”) + -er.

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