shit-stir

shit-stir verb: to stir shit.

Verb

shit-stir (third-person singular simple present shit-stirs, present participle shit-stirring, simple past and past participle shit-stirred)

(idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To stir shit.
- You should really shit-stir and wear the Cat Suits to States. That would give them something to growl about . . . only joking — don't do anything that could wreck your chances!2000, Katy Watson, Juice, page 171
- You can't possibly shit-stir with people that are desperate, people that are hungry because of the very corruption you talked about in the earlier part of your speech - the part that I liked, the part I fully supported.2008, Deirdre Osborne, Hidden Gems, page 137
(idiomatic, slang, transitive, vulgar) To provoke; to deliberately upset.
- Ross has always had the decency to abuse and shit-stir him and call him Grumpy.2004, Meanjin - Volume 63, Issues 3-4, page 229
- If you knew my suburb you'd know there wasn't anything much to do other than hang around on street corners and shit-stir each other.2005, Frank Moorhouse, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Stories

shit-stir (plural shit-stirs)

(idiomatic, slang, vulgar) A deliberately provoked uproar.
- I would've felt like an idiot saying "Oh, my mate was just making it up as a shit stir. He always does that!"1997, Paul Freeman, Ian Roberts: Finding Out, page 125
- I knew it was going to be a shit-stir, but what I didn't expect was that we would get pulled off stands in supermarkets.2006, Catherine Hanger, Switched on, page 182

"Has Suren seen this?" Hunter happily and maliciously shit-stirred through the phone.2012, Aaron Overfield, Veil:
Not unless he got one just to shit-stir you.2010, J J Cooper, The Interrogator:
She's caused a shit-stir in the house and it's just time to go.2018 September 12, Daniel Rutledge, “The Bachelor Australia S06E08: Mean girl squad gets obliterated in most dramatic episode yet”, in...

Verb
third-person singular present	shit-stirs
present participle	shit-stirring
past participle	shit-stirred
past	shit-stirred
Noun
plural	shit-stirs

What does shit-stir mean?: Shit-stir means to stir shit.
How do you use shit-stir in a sentence?: "Has Suren seen this?" Hunter happily and maliciously shit-stirred through the phone.
What part of speech is shit-stir?: Shit-stir can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of shit-stir?: The past tense of shit-stir is shit-stirred.

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