Dictionary Entry
agitate
agitate is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
- 2transitive verb
To move or actuate.
- 3transitive verb
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
- 4transitive verb
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
- 5transitive verb
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
- 6verb
change the arrangement or position of
- 7verb
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
- 8verb
move or cause to move back and forth
"The chemist shook the flask vigorously"
"My hands were shaking"
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- 9verb
move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"
- 10verb
try to stir up public opinion
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- 11verb
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
"The liberal party pushed for reforms"
"She is crusading for women's rights"
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