STIR, STIRRING, STIR UP
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.