stir

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /stɜː/ (General American) IPA(key): /stɝ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /stɪr/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /støː/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /steː/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /stɛː/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /stɜː(ɹ)/ (Early Modern) IPA(key): /stɪr/, /stʊr/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Homophones: stair, stare (both fair–fur merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English stiren, sturien, steren, from Old English styrian (“to be in motion, move, agitate, stir, disturb, trouble”), from Proto-Germanic *sturiz (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), related to Proto-West Germanic *staurijan (“to destroy, disturb”). Cognate with Old Norse styrr (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), German stören (“to disturb”), Dutch storen (“to disturb”). ==== Verb ==== stir (third-person singular simple present stirs, present participle stirring, simple past and past participle stirred) (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it. Synonym: agitate (transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it. (transitive) To emotionally affect; to touch, to move. (transitive) To incite to action. Synonyms: arouse, instigate, prompt, excite; see also Thesaurus:incite (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate. (transitive, obsolete) To disturb, to disrupt. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move. (intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position. (intransitive) Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself. (intransitive) To rise from sleep or unconsciousness. Synonyms: arise, get up, rouse; see also Thesaurus:wake ===== Usage notes ===== In all transitive senses except the dated one (“to change the place of in any manner”), stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== stir (countable and uncountable, plural stirs) The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.) agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. 1668, John Denham, Of Prudence (poem). Why all these words, this clamour, and this stir? For more quotations using this term, see Citations:stir. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:stir. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Romani stariben (“prison”), nominalisation of (a)star (“seize”), causative of ast (“remain”), probably from Sanskrit आतिष्ठति (ātiṣṭhati, “stand or remain by”), from तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati, “stand”). ==== Noun ==== stir (countable and uncountable, plural stirs) (slang) Jail; prison. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Further reading === “stir n.1 (prison)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === RTIs, ISTR, Rist, SIRT, tris-, TRIS, rits, TIRs, TRIs, Tris, tris == Danish == === Verb === stir imperative of stirre == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === stir imperative of stira == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English sturen, from Old English styrian, from Proto-West Germanic *sturjan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stor/ === Verb === stir to stir === References === Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[10], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154