See Also: stir(medicine)
stir-up(dictionary)
stir-fry(dictionary)
stir(4)(dictionary)
stir(3)(dictionary)
stir(2)(dictionary)
stir(1)(dictionary)
Hawaiian Stir-Fry(recipes)
Chard Stir-Fry(recipes)
Stir-Fry Chicken(recipes)

stir(1) (iou)



stir noun1. . LME.
[from STIR verb.]
A slight or momentary movement; a brief interruption or disturbance of a state of calm or stillness. LME.
J. Hilton There was hardly any stir of wind, in contrast to the..gales that had raged the night before.
Commotion, tumult; general excitement; fuss; (vigorous) activity, bustle; esp. an instance of this. Formerly also (in pl.), public disturbance, riot, insurrection. LME.
S. Clarke Stirs or rebellions against the Empire. C. Thirlwall The stir of preparation immediately began. P. P. Read His provocative sermons denouncing capitalism had caused quite a stir.
fig. Stimulation of feeling or thought; emotion; intellectual activity; an instance of this. M16.
Keats They could not in the self-same mansion dwell Without some stir of heart.
An act of stirring something with a spoon or other implement. E19.
J. Betjeman He gives his Ovaltine a stir.