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Definition shim

Etymology 1

Unknown; from Kent. Originally a piece of iron attached to a plow; sense of “thin piece of wood” from 1723, sense of “thin piece of material used for alignment or support” from 1860.

Noun

shim (plural shims)

  1. A wedge.
  2. A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
  3. (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
  4. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
  5. A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
Verb

shim (third-person singular simple present shims, present participle shimming, simple past and past participle shimmed)

  1. To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
  2. To adjust something by using shims.
  3. (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.

Etymology 2

Blend of she +‎ him.

Noun

shim (plural shims)

  1. (informal, often derogatory) a person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
  2. (informal, often derogatory) hermaphrodite.

Results 414 Words with the letters SHIM

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8 letter words with the letters SHIM 
7 letter words with the letters SHIM 
6 letter words with the letters SHIM 
AHIMSA 11
BIMAHS 14
CHIASM 14
CHIMBS 17
CHIMES 14
CHIMPS 17
CHIRMS 14
CHRISM 14
FAMISH 14
HAKIMS 15
HEMINS 12
HOLISM 12
IHRAMS 11
IMMESH 14
IMPISH 14
INMESH 12
ISTHMI 11
MARISH 11
MASHIE 11
MICHES 14
MIGHTS 13
MINISH 12
MIRTHS 11
MISHAP 14
MISHIT 11
MODISH 12
MONISH 12
MOPISH 14
MULISH 13
SCHISM 14
SHIMMY 16
SHRIMP 14
SMIRCH 14
SMITHS 11
SMITHY 13
THEISM 11
WHIMSY 16
5 letter words with the letters SHIM 
SHIMS 10
SMITH 10
WHIMS 13
4 letter words with the letters SHIM 
SHIM 9
3 letter words with the letters SHIM 
HIM 8
HIS 5
ISM 6
MIS 6
SIM 6
2 letter words with the letters SHIM 
HI 4
HM 7
IS 2
MI 5
SH 4
SI 2

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