stirrer
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈstɜːɹə/
  • (GA) enPR: stûrʹər, IPA: /ˈstɝɚ/
Noun

stirrer (plural stirrers)

  1. A device used to stir.
    We're out of coffee stirrers again and I'm not using my finger!
  2. A person who stirs something.
    The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.
  3. (slang) A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
    Why would you say something so hurtful? God, you are such a stirrer!
  4. One who stirs or moves about, as after sleep.
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, III. ii. 3:
      An early stirrer, by the rood!



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