stirring
noun
- mixing a fluid by rotational agitation
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈstɝɪŋ/ / /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
- invigorating or inspiring
“As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.”
“But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.”
noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
- An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred
“The reduction takes the central bank back to where it was in December 2005, when it began raising its key rate despite objections from some political figures and many economists about choking the early stirrings of a recovery in growth.”
“[…] his inability to move freely in nature as the song's protagonist expects to, or to enjoy the emotional stirrings that such movement often precipitates. That is, the video shows how the African American subject is not given time, space, or opportunity to form the kinds of individualized, sentimental, wondrous, or otherwise normatively affective relationships that mainstream environmentalism champions.”
verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of stir