Meanings
present singular third person stirs the pot · participle present stirring the pot · participle past stirred the pot · past stirred the pot
- figurativelyTo cause unrest or dissent [with with].
Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack [title]
2023 March 25, Dan Sabbagh, “Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
[Dario] Amodei is careful not to stir the pot any further with [Sam] Altman but is hopeful that if sufficient momentum can be built among a core of AI companies, then everyone will feel compelled to come on board.
2026 April 18, John Thornhill, “Lunch with the FT: Dario Amodei”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3Synonyms: stir shit
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cause unrest or dissent [with with].
Translations
Dutch stoken
- stokento cause unrest or dissent
Finnish kylvää riitaa
- kylvää riitaato cause unrest or dissent
French semer la zizanie, semer la pagaille
- semer la zizanieto cause unrest or dissent
- semer la pagailleto cause unrest or dissent
Italian agitare le acque
- agitare le acqueto cause unrest or dissent
Polish wsadzać kij w mrowisko, wsadzić kij w mrowisko
- wsadzać kij w mrowiskoto cause unrest or dissent
- wsadzić kij w mrowiskoto cause unrest or dissent
Cite this entry
stir the pot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stir%20the%20pot
“stir the pot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stir%20the%20pot. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stir the pot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stir%20the%20pot.
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