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stir

The correct spelling is stir.

How to pronounce stir

/stɜː/
noun

IPA: /stɜː/

Say it like: Sti-r

The correct spelling is stir. The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.) For example: "Can you give the soup a little stir?"

Usage Examples

Can you give the soup a little stir?

She stirred the pudding with a spoon.

Would you please stand here and stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
  2. 2.Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
  3. 3.Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
  4. 4.Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
  5. 5.Jail; prison.

verb

  1. 1.To incite to action
  2. 2.To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.
  3. 3.To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.
  4. 4.To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
  5. 5.To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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