provoke, stimulate - provide the needed stimulus for

rumpus - cause a disturbance

hype up, psych up - get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie"

disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

bother - make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

pother - make upset or troubled

electrify - excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us"

advertize, advertise, promote, push - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

advertize, advertise, promote, push - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

fluff up, plump up, shake up - make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"

move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

fan - agitate the air

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 - cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

convulse - shake uncotrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"

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 - shake violently

rattle - shake and cause to make a rattling noise

jactitate, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, thrash, convulse, toss, slash - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

jiggle, joggle, wiggle - move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"

scramble, beat - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"

toss - agitate; "toss the salad"

rile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

poke - stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"