stir
verb
[ stəː ]
• move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly.
• "Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit"
• move or cause to move slightly.
• "nothing stirred except the wind"
Similar:
move slightly,
change one's position,
twitch,
quiver,
tremble,
disturb,
rustle,
shake,
move,
flutter,
agitate,
swish,
• arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite.
• "they will be stirred to action by what is written"
Similar:
arouse,
rouse,
kindle,
inspire,
stimulate,
excite,
awaken,
waken,
quicken,
animate,
activate,
galvanize,
fire,
electrify,
whet,
enkindle,
stir
noun
• a slight physical movement.
• "I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir"
• a commotion.
• "the event caused quite a stir"
Similar:
commotion,
disturbance,
fuss,
ado,
excitement,
flurry,
uproar,
ferment,
brouhaha,
furore,
turmoil,
sensation,
to-do,
hoo-ha,
hullabaloo,
flap,
song and dance,
splash,
kerfuffle,
• an act of stirring food or drink.
• "he gives his Ovaltine a stir"
Origin:
Old English styrian, of Germanic origin; related to German stören ‘disturb’.
stir
noun
• prison.
• "I've spent twenty-eight years in stir"
Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps from Romani sturbin ‘jail’.
