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Similar words: stirrup · stick up · stink up · pair up · sit up · stir in · tie up · stitch up · sober up · stick-up
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stir up

1 (v + adv) deliberately cause TRANSITIVEcothaigh verb  c m uhe was stirring up trouble bhí sé ag cothú aighnis, bhí sé ag tarraingt trioblóideit stirs up hatred cothaíonn sé fuath 2 (v + adv) mix around TRANSITIVEcorraigh verb  c m usuaith verb  c m uthe storm stirs up the silt suaitheann an stoirm an siolta → see stir

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • aim »
    he came here with the aim of stirring up trouble tháinig sé anseo agus rún aige troid a thosú, tháinig sé anseo d'fhonn aighneas a chothú
  • feeling »
    they stirred up feeling against the war chorraigh siad daoine in aghaidh an chogaidh
  • hatred »
    it stirs up sectarian hatred spreagann sé fuath seicteach
  • hornet »
    to stir up a hornets' nest an lasair a chur sa bharrach
  • stir »
    to stir things up aighneas a chothú, achrann a thosú
  • stir »
    I stirred myself to start cleaning up chorraigh mé mé féin chun tosú ag glanadh suas
  • stir »
    stir yourself up, man! bain croitheadh asat féin, a dhuine!
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