Definition of stirs

"stirs" in the noun sense

1. stir, splash

a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

"he made a great splash and then disappeared"

2. stir

emotional agitation and excitement

3. bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir

a rapid active commotion

"stirs" in the verb sense

1. stir

move an implement through

"stir the soup"

"stir my drink"

"stir the soil"

2. stir, shift, budge, agitate

move very slightly

"He shifted in his seat"

3. stimulate, excite, stir

stir feelings in

"stimulate my appetite"

"excite the audience"

"stir emotions"

4. stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

"These stories shook the community"

"the civil war shook the country"

5. touch, stir

affect emotionally

"A stirring movie"

"I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

6. raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth

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"

7. arouse, stir

to begin moving

"As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

8. stir

mix or add by stirring

"Stir nuts into the dough"

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Quotations for stirs

'T is the Divinity that stirs within us. [ Addison ]

'Tis the divinity that stirs within us;
'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man. [ Addison ]

It is an unhappy wit that stirs up enemies against itself. [ Proverb ]

All is gentle; nought Stirs rudely; but congenial with the night.
Whatever walks is gliding like a spirit. [ Byron ]

What will not woman, gentle woman, dare, When strong affection stirs her spirit up. [ Southey ]

There is something in meanness? which excites a species of resentment that never subsides, and something in cruelty which stirs up the heart to the highest agony of human hatred. [ Thomas Paine ]

There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity. [ Cicero ]

He only is great of heart who floods the world with a great affection. He only is great of mind who stirs the world with great thoughts. He only is great of will who does something to shape the world to a great career; and he is greatest who does the most of all these things, and does them best. [ R. D. Hitchcock ]

stirs in Scrabble®

The word stirs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

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stirs in Words With Friends™

The word stirs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

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Words containing the sequence stirs

Words that start with stirs (1 word)

Words with stirs in them (1 word)

Words that end with stirs (3 words)

Word Growth involving stirs

Shorter words in stirs

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Longer words containing stirs

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