Reverse Dictionary: STIR

ADJECTIVES
1610 INCITATORY tending to incite, stirring, stimulative →  obs.
1898 AROVE up and stirring → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)


NOUNS
1513 FAIRD motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset, a stir, a bustle → Sc. obs.
1560 MUNDLE a stick or similar wooden utensil used for stirring → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1570 TO-DO a bustle, stir, commotion, a fuss, a great disturbance
1575 MAKE-A-DO a to-do, an uproar, a stir → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1623 NAVITY diligence, stirring, quickness, speed → obs.
1660 FERD a violent onset, a stir, a bustle → Sc. obs.
1775 SPLUTTER a bustle, a stir → US
1798 — QUOIL a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1804 DIRR loud noise or stir; a racket → Sc.
1870 HAIKE → HAKE a stir, turmoil, tumult → Eng. dial.
1879 REEMISH → REMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle → Sc.
1885 TIRRIVEE a commotion, disturbance; a state of excitement; a stir, bustle → Sc.
1893 TARVE a stir, a commotion → Eng. dial.
1893 TERVEE → TERVY a stir, a commotion → Eng. dial.
1893 TURVE a stir, a commotion → Eng. dial.
1898 HUBBISTEW a hubbub, stir, tumult; a flurry, excitement → Sc.
1904 REVEL a stir; a commotion → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 TAVE a hurry, a stir, a commotion → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 AG stir, eagerness → Sc.


NOUNS, PERSON
1387 WAGGER one who agitates or stirs → obs.


VERBS
1200 ICCHE → ICCHEN to move, to stir → obs.
1205 QUETCH of persons or animals: to move the body or any part of it; to stir → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1225 WAG to stir, to move; to move one’s limbs
1300 — QUICK to give or restore vigour to; to stir up, to inspire
1400 — POKE to stir up; to incite, to goad, to irritate
1425 ACCEND to stir up, to excite, to incite, to stimulate → obs.
1430 TOIL in cookery: to stir, to mix by stirring → obs.
1530 QUINCE to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch → obs.
1530 QUINCH to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch, to wince → obs. exc. Amer. dial.
1532 —  TICKLE to stir up, to incite, to provoke; to prompt or impel to do something → obs.
1542 TWITCH to move, to stir → obs.
1544 STARKLE to cause dissension, to make a stir → obs.
1548 EXCITATE to excite, to rouse, to stir up → obs.
1574 CONCITATE to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up → obs.
1593 YARK → YERK to stir up, to excite → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1603 ACTUATE to render active, to stir into activity; to stir up, to arouse, to excite → obs.
1620 PRORITATE to stir up, to provoke, to irritate, to incite → obs.
1641 TEW to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1727 JEE to move, to stir; to move to one side; to move to and fro → Sc.
1791 HARROW UP to arouse, to stir up → Sc.
1833 WALLOW AROUND to roll, to rumble someone or something on a surface or in some soft or sticky substance; to push or stir something about → Amer. dial.
1840 FLUTTER THE DOVECOTES to disturb the equanimity of a society; to cause a stir or excitement in a conservative community
1873 MOOSTER to move quickly, to go actively; to stir, to be moving → Eng. dial.
1880 EGGLE to incite, to instigate, to egg on, to stir up, to quarrel → Sc.
1885 SPRY to bustle, to stir
1890 MOODGE to move, to stir → Sc.
1897 MIDGE to stir or move slightly → Sc.
..L19 RAISE SAND to cause a disturbance, stir, or commotion → US sl.
..20C STOOK to stir up trouble → S. Afr. sl.
1900 FAN to stir as with a whisk → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 TAIT to shake about; to stir, to toss about → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 VEEK to move, to veer; to stir, to shift → Sc. obs.
1924 EICKEL UP to stir up, to incite → Sc.
1927 SHAKE ONE’S ASS to hurry up, to stir, to ‘shake a leg’ → Amer. sl.
1930 SIG to cause trouble; to stir things up, often purely for fun, whatever the actual results → African-American sl.
1930 SIGNIFY to cause trouble; to stir things up, often purely for fun, whatever the actual results → African-American sl.
1950 RAAS → RASS to stir up, to excite → W. Indies sl.
1952 RATTLE SOMEONE’S CAGE to stir someone up; to provoke someone’s anger or irritation → colloq.
1956 LOLLOP to stir or swish something around; to move food around in the mouth → Amer. dial.