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Word entry · 4 letters

stir

Best crossword clue

"Mix with a spoon"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /stɜː/Part of speech noun, verbSorted irstStarts with SEnds with R2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a rapid active commotion

Word origin

From Middle English stiren, sturien, steren, from Old English styrian (“to be in motion, move, agitate, stir, disturb, trouble”), from Proto-Germanic *sturiz (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), related to Proto-West Germanic *staurijan (“to destroy, disturb”). Cognate with Old Norse styrr (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), German stören (“to disturb”), Dutch storen (“to disturb”).

Used in a sentence

  • She stirred the pudding with a spoon.
  • He stirred his coffee so the sugar wouldn't stay at the bottom.
  • My minde is troubled, like a Fountaine stir'd, / And I my selfe see not the bottome of it.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Mix with a spoon4 letters
02Mix4 letters

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