: a thin, often tapered piece of material (such as wood, metal, or stone) used to fill in space between things (as for support, leveling, or adjustment of fit)
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Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
Fixing the vulnerability involves more than just excising the buffer overflow from the shim code.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
This process is much easier—and safer—than trying to shim up uneven corners with wood scraps or cardboard.
—Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2023
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Noun
Howes, 45 at the time, works as a shim patcher in the Weyerhaeuser plywood plant at Springfield.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
Fixing the vulnerability involves more than just excising the buffer overflow from the shim code.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
Verb
Johnston had shimmed out of his cell window – which was 1 foot wide and 4 feet tall – after cutting the center bar with a hacksaw blade.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
This process is much easier—and safer—than trying to shim up uneven corners with wood scraps or cardboard.
—Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2023
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“Shim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shim. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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