agitate

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We need to agitate for the web we want.

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Quick take

try to stir up public opinion

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of agitate gathered in one view.

verb

try to stir up public opinion

verb

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

verb

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for agitate.

verb

try to stir up public opinion

verb

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

See also: rouse, charge, commove, excite

verb

See also: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push

verb

move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"

verb

move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

verb

change the arrangement or position of

Example sentences

We need to agitate for the web we want.

Or are they using air bubbles to agitate or cool it?

There are still many ways to safeguard one's privacy and it's important to still fight/agitate for that right.

You are in a wonderful position to advocate and agitate for more diversity in your workplace.

Kitchen countertop units do not allow you to agitate bottles while carbonating.

After getting the vehicle contract, Bombardier/Alstom started to agitate about not being able to meet large parts of the specs which led to compromises in the design and delays.

If the Google founders want to agitate for Green laws that make Joe Sixpack's daily commute more expensive at the same time that they buy discount avgas for their private flying fuck palaces, then isn't that their right?

If you watch, inflitrate, and agitate anyone long enough, you can get enough material for the eager Richelieuvian prosecutors to put someone away.

"As you might expect, it is not the model that a group of workers agitate to have the company just handed over to them, and it is not the model that the "bastions of capitalism" just turn over shares for nothing.

And frankly, I've come to think that the most important form of political activism is not to agitate for change at this point, but to build up support structures for whistleblowers and find ways of actively encouraging whistleblowing.

But the fact that they're already not gonna put a Starbucks manager in jail because someone did something illegal from Starbucks wifi -- suggests to me that there is an opening to agitate for individuals being treated with similar respect.

"Albert O. Hirschman makes a basic distinction between alternative ways of reacting to deterioration in business firms and, in general, to dissatisfaction with organizations: one, exit, is for the member to quit the organization or for the customer to switch to the competing product, and the other, voice, is for members or customers to agitate and exert influence for change from within.

Is it hypocritical to agitate strenuously for electric cars while driving a gas one if it's not realistic to drive all electric in your situation?This would only be hypocritical if he were criticizing other researchers for publishing in non-open journals.