Definitions for stirring
ˈstɜr ɪŋstir·ring

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

1. stirring(noun)

   agitating a liquid with an implement

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

2. inspiration, stirring(adj)

   arousing to a particular emotion or action

3. rousing, stirring(adj)

   capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement

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

4. stirring, soul-stirring(adj)

   exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions

   "a stirring speech"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stirring(Noun)

   An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred

2. stirring(Adjective)

   invigorating or inspiring

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

1. Stirring

   of Stir

2. Stirring(adj)

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

How to pronounce stirring?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Lynn Su-lin:

   There's dissatisfaction, you can feel it, and people are stirring for change.

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. 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.

4. Dan Quayle, 4/11/91 (reported in Esquire, 8/92):

   [The U.S. victory in Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

5. William Shakespeare:

   O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone

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