The Clue
Agitate, colloquially (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RILE
Tags
Notes
The answer RILE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Aggravate
Anger
Annoy
Chafe
Disturb
Get to
Irritate
Nettle
Perturb
Ruffle
Upset
Vex
Irritate: Colloq.
Make angry
Make mad
Tick off
Get one's goat
Get to, so to speak
Provoke Pappy Yokum
Raise one's dander
Raise one's hackles
Raises one's hackles
Rub the wrong way
Ruffle one's feathers
Stir up anger
Stir up incensement
Cause one to get het up
Get one's dander up
Get under one's skin
Definition
RILE as a verb:
1. (annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil) = cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
2. (roil, rile) = make turbid by stirring up the sediments of