Shit-stirring
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 troublemaking, especially by provoking negative behavior from others. uncountable
"She’s built and maintained an improbable career based solely on her prodigious shit-stirring and her ability to turn every tragedy, from the death of her fiancé, actor Michael Clarke Duncan, to the election of this calamitous president, into attention for herself."
- 1 present participle and gerund of shit-stir form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 troublemaking, especially by provoking negative behavior from others. not-comparable
"“They stir up more troubles and crave the whole world to be in chaos, acting like a shit-stirring stick,” Mr. Kang said on the usually stolid 7 p.m. national news program on CCTV, China’s state broadcaster."
Example
More examples"“They stir up more troubles and crave the whole world to be in chaos, acting like a shit-stirring stick,” Mr. Kang said on the usually stolid 7 p.m. national news program on CCTV, China’s state broadcaster."
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