Usually means: Inserting thin pieces for adjustment.
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  1. shimming: Merriam-Webster
  2. shimming: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shimming: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shimming: Vocabulary.com
  5. shimming: Wordnik
  6. shimming: Wiktionary
  7. shimming: Dictionary.com
  8. Shimming: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. shimming: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shimming: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shimming: Medical dictionary

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  1. shimming: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shimming)

noun:  (crime) The act of fraudulently copying a chip from a chip-and-pin card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a shimmer

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