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To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

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  1. v. t. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
  2. v. t. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
  3. v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  4. v. make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  5. 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil. 2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex. Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.
  6. v:100 v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations v make turbid by stirring up the sediments of