stirs
Dictionary
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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