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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)
- A wedge.
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- 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)
- To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
- To adjust something by using shims.
- (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
Etymology 2
Noun
shim (plural shims)
- (informal, often derogatory) a person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
- (informal, often derogatory) hermaphrodite.
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