Plural of stir
regular plural
The plural of stir is stirs.
Forms of stir
| Singular | stir /stɜː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | stirs |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Stirs in a sentence
- Sing Sing was a tough joint in those days, one of the five worst stirs in the United States.1928, Jack Callahan, Man's Grim Justice: My Life Outside the Law, page 42
- Turbulent flow really stirs things up; laminar flow is surprisingly ineffectual at mixing.2000, Steven Vogel, Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People. From the entry microperson
- It is the blemished and the marked, the hurting and the rejected that stirs this love in Him.2010, Holly S. Ruddock, Life in Your Losses: Transformation Through Trials, page 186. From the entry blemished
- "Growth is the straw that stirs the drink."1993 December 7, Jonathan Fuerbringer, “Credit Markets: Bond Prices Continuing to Rally”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Oct 2012. From the entry straw that stirs the drink
- The fall wind stirs and the earth is aglow.1986 August 23, Maria Resto, “For the Sleeping Dragons”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 6, page 9. From the entry aglow
Meaning of stir
- verb To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
- verb To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
- verb To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.
Questions about the plural of stir
- What is the plural of stir?
- The plural of stir is stirs.
- Is stir countable?
- Stir is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stir (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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