stirs

noun

  1. 1

    The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)

    Can you give the soup a little stir?
  2. 2

    Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

  3. 3

    Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

  4. 4

    Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

verb

  1. 1

    To incite to action

  2. 2

    To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.

    She stirred the pudding with a spoon.
  3. 3

    To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.

    Would you please stand here and stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?
  4. 4

    To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

  5. 5

    To change the place of in any manner; to move.

  6. 6

    To move; to change one’s position.

  7. 7

    To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.

  8. 8

    To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

  9. 9

    To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.

noun

  1. 1

    Jail; prison.

    He's going to be spending maybe ten years in stir.

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