Please stir the pancake batter up before you use it.
•Please stir up the batter.
2. Fig. to cause trouble. •Why are you always trying to stir trouble up?
•Are you stirring up trouble again?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
stir something up — WHIP UP, work up, foment, fan the flames of, trigger, spark off, precipitate, excite, provoke, incite. → stir … Useful english dictionary
stir up a hornet's nest — {v. phr.} To make many people angry; do something that many people don t like. * /The principal stirred up a hornet s nest by changing the rules at school./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stir up a hornet's nest — {v. phr.} To make many people angry; do something that many people don t like. * /The principal stirred up a hornet s nest by changing the rules at school./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stir — stir1 [ stɜr ] verb ** ▸ 1 mix liquid/food ▸ 2 make someone feel/think something ▸ 3 move slightly ▸ 4 move something burning around ▸ 5 say something to cause trouble ▸ 1 mix food/drink/substance ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stir up — verb 1. try to stir up public opinion (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑agitate, ↑foment • Derivationally related forms: ↑fomentation (for: ↑foment), ↑fomenter ( … Useful english dictionary
stir into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stir into : present tense I/you/we/they stir into he/she/it stirs into present participle stirring into past tense stirred into past participle stirred into 1) stir something into something to mix something… … English dictionary
stir — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 action of stirring ADJECTIVE ▪ good (esp. BrE) VERB + STIR ▪ give sth ▪ Give the mixture a good stir. 2 general excitement or shock ADJECTIVE … Collocations dictionary
stir — vb Stir, rouse, arouse, awaken, waken, rally can all mean to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity. Stir, often followed by up, usually presupposes excitement to activity by something which disturbs or agitates and so brings to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Stir — Stir, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st[ o]ren, OHG. st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.] 1. To change the place of in any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stir in — ˌstir ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stir in he/she/it stirs in past tense stirred in past participle … Useful english dictionary
stir yourself — phrase to make yourself move or do something He knew he should really stir himself and get to work. Thesaurus: to go somewhere, or to move in a particular directionsynonym Main entry: stir … Useful english dictionary
