Meaning

verb move an implement through

noun a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

verb move very slightly

originFrom 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…

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