stir
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/stɜː/
English
Definitions
noun
- The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)“Can you give the soup a little stir?”
- Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
- Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
- Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
verb
- To incite to action
- 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.”
- 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?”
- To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
noun
- Jail; prison.“He's going to be spending maybe ten years in stir.”
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