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stirrings

stirrings is the plural of stirring.

Meaning of stirring

Noun

stirring (countable and uncountable, plural stirrings)

  1. (gerund) 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.2009 January 16, Carter Dougherty, “European Central Bank Cuts Key Rate”, in New York Times

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Questions about stirrings

What is stirrings the plural of?
Stirrings is the plural of stirring.

Words near stirrings in the dictionary

  1. stirring the pot
  2. stirring up
  3. stirring up a hornets' nest
  4. stirring up the animals
  5. stirringly
  6. stirrings
  7. stirrup
  8. stirrup bone
  9. stirrup bones
  10. stirrup cup
  11. stirrup cups

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