Main entry: stir, ado, hustle, bustle, fuss, flurry
Definition: a rapid active commotion
Main entry: stir
Definition: emotional agitation and excitement
Definition: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
Usage: he made a great splash and then disappeared
Main entry: stir
Definition: mix or add by stirring
Usage: Stir nuts into the dough
Main entry: bring up, call down, call forth, invoke, conjure, conjure up, arouse, put forward, raise, evoke, stir
Definition: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Usage: raise the specter of unemployment; he conjured wild birds in the air; call down the spirits from the mountain
Main entry: excite, stimulate, stir, shake, shake up
Definition: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Usage: These stories shook the community; the civil war shook the country
Definition: affect emotionally
Usage: A stirring movie; I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
Main entry: budge, shift, stir, agitate
Definition: move very slightly
Usage: He shifted in his seat
Definition: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
Main entry: stir
Definition: move an implement through
Usage: stir the soup; stir my drink; stir the soil
Main entry: stimulate, stir, excite
Definition: stir feelings in
Usage: stimulate my appetite; excite the audience; stir emotions