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Definition of stir noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stir

noun
 
/stɜː(r)/
 
/stɜːr/
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  1. [singular] excitement, anger or shock that is felt by a number of people synonym commotion
    • Her resignation caused quite a stir.
    • The discovery caused something of a stir among physicists.
    • There was quite a stir about the book.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • considerable
    • great
    • …
    verb + stir
    • cause
    • create
    preposition
    • stir about
    • stir over
    • stir among
    • …
    phrases
    • quite a stir
    • something of a stir
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  2. [countable, usually singular] the action of stirring something
    • Could you give the rice a stir?
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    verb + stir
    • give something
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    3. Word OriginOld English styrian, of Germanic origin; related to German stören ‘disturb’.
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