stir

stir is a 4-letter English word with 22 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To change the place of in any manner; to move. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To change the place of in any manner; to move.
2. transitive verb. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.
3. transitive verb. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
4. transitive verb. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
5. intransitive verb. To move; to change one's position.
6. intransitive verb. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
7. intransitive verb. To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
8. intransitive verb. To rise, or be up, in the morning.
9. noun. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
10. noun. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
11. noun. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
12. noun. a rapid active commotion

    Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle

13. noun. emotional agitation and excitement
14. noun. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

    "he made a great splash and then disappeared"

    Synonyms: splash

15. verb. mix or add by stirring

    "Stir nuts into the dough"

16. verb. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

    "raise the specter of unemployment"

    "he conjured wild birds in the air"

    Synonyms: arouse, conjure, evoke, invoke, raise

17. verb. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

    "These stories shook the community"

    "the civil war shook the country"

    Synonyms: excite, shake, stimulate

18. verb. affect emotionally

    "A stirring movie"

    "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

    Synonyms: touch

19. verb. move very slightly

    "He shifted in his seat"

    Synonyms: agitate, budge, shift

20. verb. to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

    Synonyms: arouse

21. verb. move an implement through

    "stir the soup"

    "stir my drink"

22. verb. stir feelings in

    "stimulate my appetite"

    "excite the audience"

    Synonyms: excite, stimulate

Synonyms

ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, splash, arouse, conjure, evoke, invoke, raise, excite, shake, stimulate, touch, agitate, budge, shift

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stir:

rist

Common word forms

stirs, stirred, stirrer, stirless, stirring

Words from these letters

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