stir

Noun

• a rapid active commotion

• emotional agitation and excitement

• a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
  • he made a great splash and then disappeared
    

Verb

• mix or add by stirring
  • Stir nuts into the dough
    

• to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  • raise the specter of unemployment
    
  • he conjured wild birds in the air
    
  • call down the spirits from the mountain
    

• affect emotionally
  • A stirring movie
    
  • I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
    

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
  • These stories shook the community
    
  • the civil war shook the country
    

• stir feelings in
  • stimulate my appetite
    
  • excite the audience
    
  • stir emotions
    

• move very slightly
  • He shifted in his seat
    

• move an implement through
  • stir the soup
    
  • stir my drink
    
  • stir the soil
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bustle , hustle , flurry , ado , fuss , splash , arouse , touch , stimulate , shake , shake up , excite , shift , budge , agitate