Definitions for stirring
ˈstɜr ɪŋstir·ring

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stirringnoun

   agitating a liquid with an implement

   "constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan"

2. inspiration, stirringadjective

   arousing to a particular emotion or action

3. rousing, stirringadjective

   capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement

   "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"

4. stirring, soul-stirringadjective

   exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions

   "a stirring speech"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stirringnoun

   An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred

2. stirringadjective

   invigorating or inspiring

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Stirring

   of Stir

2. Stirringadjective

   putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life

Matched Categories

1. • Agitation

How to pronounce stirring?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say stirring in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stirring in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stirring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of stirring in a Sentence

1. Dominic Grieve:

   Boris Johnson has decided to be a populist politician. That's a very dangerous thing to do, because stirring up people against parliament is not going to solve the country's problems. It will create more anger, more tension.

2. Saburo sakai:

   Never have I seen a man with a fighter plane do what Nishizawa would do with his zero. His acrobatics were all at once breathtaking, brilliant, totally unpredictable, impossible, and heard stirring to witness

3. Edward Moya:

   Cryptocurrency traders were reinvigorated by Facebook's launch of their own digital coin and momentum appears to be stirring up fresh new investors, bitcoin skeptics are cautious in trying to stop this surge and may look for the next key resistance level which is $15,000.

4. Strobe Talbott:

   Putin is not a good strategist. He is stirring up a hornet's nest of Sunni Muslims who will hold a grudge against him, he already had an internal problem with Islamist extremism and he now has an external problem since ISIS was responsible for the Sinai plane bombing.

5. President Catherine Samba-Panza:

   On the ground, we know the elements who are stirring things up, who are intrumentalizing and feeding this insecurity, we know that former dignitaries in Central African Republic want to be back in charge.

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