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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stir shit en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, often, slang, vulgar, with-up) To deliberately cause trouble.
    • The King has stirred shit up and caused the people to fight amongst themselves instead of organizing properly to fight against him.
    • Mal could tell too, just looking at those goons, that they stirred shit day in and day out.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stirs shit Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stirred shit Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stirred shit Tense=Past lexicographic
stirring shit Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

shit-stirrer

Synonyms

stir the pot

Translations (9)

fi kylvää riitaa (to deliberately cause trouble) · fi lietsoa levottomuuksia (to deliberately cause trouble) · yue 攪屎棍 /搅屎棍 (to deliberately cause trouble) · pl wsadzić kij w mrowisko (to deliberately cause trouble) · pl wsadzać kij w mrowisko (to deliberately cause trouble) · ru подосра́ть (to deliberately cause trouble) · yue 搞屎棍 (to deliberately cause trouble) · fr foutre la merde (to deliberately cause trouble) · az pox qaynatmaq (to deliberately cause trouble)