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Stirs

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

📖 Definitions of "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.

noun
  1. 1

    Jail; prison.

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

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