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(v)
(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
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(n)
An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
(transitive, informal) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
A task that has been noted as one that must be completed, especially on a list.
(intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
(informal) To work.
(transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
To encourage into action.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
Primarily physical senses.
To throw with an initial upward direction.
To mention.
(intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(transitive) To summon, to call to speak.
(transitive) To evoke.
(idiomatic, transitive) To propose for consideration.
(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
(transitive) To create or produce something, seemingly magically.
(transitive) To pray for; to request from God.
(transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
a disorderly outburst or tumult
A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
(intransitive) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
(rare, intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
A stir; a fuss or uproar.
Alternative spelling of hullabaloo. [(intransitive) To make a commotion or uproar.]
(intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
(British spelling) Alternative form of furor. [A general uproar or commotion.]
A movement that shakes.
(transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.
(transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
(transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
(transitive) To call into action.
(transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
(transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
(transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging.
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
Disruptive change, from one state to another.
(transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.
The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
(transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
(slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
(transitive) To run faster than.
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
(obsolete) To defame; to slander.
(transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
(intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
(transitive) To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
(intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
(transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
(chemistry) To mix using a vortex mixer.
(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
To give warning to.
A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
(transitive) To put in between or into.
(ambitransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
The act, or the result of making a mixture.
(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
A mixture of two or more things.
The act or result of something being blended.
(transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
(transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
(transitive, computing) To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
(US, slang) A jail.
(transitive) To include (something) as a part.
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
(transitive) To imprison.
(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
To imprison.