Definition of agitate Agitate
/æˈʤʌtejˌt/ - [atjuteyt] - ag•i•tate
We found 21 definitions of agitate from 6 different sources.
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What does agitate mean?
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| agitate - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" | ||
| rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | ||
| quiet, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, lull, quieten, calm, still become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" | ||
| disturb, trouble, upset damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | ||
| hype up, psych up get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" | ||
| bother make confused or perplexed or puzzled | ||
| pother make upset or troubled | ||
| electrify equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance" | ||
| agitate - change the arrangement or position of | ||
| vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| scramble, beat make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" | ||
| toss agitate; "toss the salad" | ||
| rile, roil make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | ||
| poke make a hole by poking | ||
| agitate - try to stir up public opinion | ||
| foment, stir up | ||
| provoke, stimulate provide the needed stimulus for | ||
| rumpus cause a disturbance | ||
| agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" | ||
| shake | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| fluff up, plump up, shake up make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows" | ||
| fan make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred" | ||
| tremble move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document" | ||
| tremor, quake shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" | ||
| palpitate beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" | ||
| convulse be overcome with laughter | ||
| sparge agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water" | ||
| succuss, shake up shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) | ||
| concuss injure the brain; sustain a concussion | ||
| rattle shake and cause to make a rattling noise | ||
| jactitate, thrash about, thresh about, thresh, slash, convulse, toss, thrash cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" | ||
| jiggle, wiggle, joggle move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!" | ||
| agitate - exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" | ||
| crusade, fight, press, campaign, push | ||
| advertise, advertize, promote, push call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" | ||
| agitate - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" | ||
| stir, shift, budge | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- agitate (Verb)
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. - agitate (Verb)
To move or actuate. --Thomson. - agitate (Verb)
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. - agitate (Verb)
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle. - agitate (Verb)
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- agitate (v. t.)
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. - agitate (v. t.)
To move or actuate. - agitate (v. t.)
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. - agitate (v. t.)
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. - agitate (v. t.)
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To make someone excited and anxious. -
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To try to arouse public feeling and action. -
agitate
Move or cause to move back and forth.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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agitate
aj′i-tāt, v.t. to keep moving: to stir violently: to disturb: to discuss, or keep up the discussion of a question.—n. Agitā′tion, commotion: perturbation of mind: discussion: public excitement.—adj. Ag′itative.—n. Ag′itator, one who excites or keeps up a public agitation. [L. agitāre, freq. of agĕre, to put in motion. See Act.]
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🔤- agitate, verb, present, 1st person singular of agitate (infinitive).
- agitate, verb (infinitive).
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