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stirs

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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.
  • To change the place of in any manner; to move.
  • To move; to change one’s position.
  • To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
  • To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
  • To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.

noun

  • Jail; prison.

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

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