shim

1. a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.

2. A not-nice word for an androgynous looking person. See also: shemale.

3. A seattle based rock band.

1. You just loosen the mounting bolts and slip the shim between the axle and brake backing plate.

2. Wow, you know, I was about to call the person over there a shim, when I remembered that would be fucking mean of me.

3. The shim are my third favourite band.

by Coopface December 02, 2006

shim

a he-she, she-male, transvestite

whooah look at that shim! its more manly than that one!

by kaitlin barnes December 01, 2004

shim

(n)-A person of anonymous or unconfirmed gender. Usually only applicable to people met online.

Are you still going out with that shim?

by Jon Zamboni July 14, 2005

shim

A gender-neutral direct object pronoun

Unless the protagonist has a high IQ, I have a hard time identifying with shim.

by Linguist6541 April 11, 2009

shim

1). A lady that looks like a dude, or a dude that looks like a lady. 2). Transvestite. 3). Shemale. 4). Cross dressing men or butch lesbians.

No, Katee, you didn't invent this word. But you can say, "Ew, gross, look at shim! Its dick is hanging out of its skirt!"

by imbendenton July 07, 2005

shim

Derived from the italian word "scemonito" meaning a fool, retart,etc..

THAT GUY1: you guys made me wait outside for 2 hours
THOSE GUYS: Sorry we were eating some bracciole
THAT GUY1: You guys are a bunch of shims

by Ant Anthem September 10, 2006

shim

A male, usually fat, hairy, and prone to playing everquest 16 hours a day, who pretends to be a female while on the internet. Shims allow for roleplaying to be taken to a sexual level while playing video games, and sometimes practice while cybering with random guys in teen chatrooms.

DARK WIZARD: yo wassup

SweetElfChic: hey hunny ;) *flirts*

DARK WIZARD: omg ur really a girl? let's get our characters married and have hot online sex ;) ;) ;)

RETARDEDCHILD: You fucking faggot. You're about to cyber with a shim.

by IEATLIVEPUPPIES April 28, 2005