Entry Word: stir

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a state of noisy, confused activity <the planeʼs first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic> — see commotion
2 the act or an instance of changing position <we were warned that the slightest stir would scare the mother bird so we hardly dared to breathe> — see movement 1