stir shit

verb

To deliberately cause trouble.

“Mal could tell too, just looking at those goons, that they stirred shit day in and day out.”

Meanings

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

present singular third person stirs shit · participle present stirring shit · participle past stirred shit · past stirred shit

  1. idiomaticoftenslangvulgarwith upTo deliberately cause trouble.

    Mal could tell too, just looking at those goons, that they stirred shit day in and day out.

    1 more example

    The King has stirred shit up and caused the people to fight amongst themselves instead of organizing properly to fight against him.

    Synonyms: stir the pot

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo deliberately cause trouble.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 攪屎棍 /搅屎棍, 搞屎棍
  • 攪屎棍 /搅屎棍 (gaau² si² gwan³)to deliberately cause trouble
  • 搞屎棍 (gaau² si² gwan³)to deliberately cause trouble
Finnish kylvää riitaa, lietsoa levottomuuksia
  • kylvää riitaato deliberately cause trouble
  • lietsoa levottomuuksiato deliberately cause trouble
French foutre la merde
  • foutre la merdeto deliberately cause trouble
Polish wsadzać kij w mrowisko, wsadzić kij w mrowisko
  • wsadzać kij w mrowiskoto deliberately cause trouble
  • wsadzić kij w mrowiskoto deliberately cause trouble
Russian подосра́ть
  • подосра́ть (podosrátʹ)to deliberately cause trouble
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Chicago

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