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English
Etymology
From stir + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
stirrer (plural stirrers)
- A device used to stir. (Cardinal types include wood or plastic strips (for beverages) and magnetic objects that react to a spinning magnet nearby (for chemistry beakers).
- Hyponyms: champagne stirrer, magnetic stirrer, swizzle stick
We're out of coffee stirrers again and I'm not using my finger!
- A person who stirs something.
The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.
- (slang) A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
- Synonyms: pot stirrer; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker
- Near-synonyms: (vulgar) shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger
Why would you say something so hurtful? God, you are such a stirrer!
- One who stirs or moves about, as after sleep.
I heard some early stirrers in the kitchen at dawn, but I saw no reason to get up yet.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 3:An early stirrer, by the rood!
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
stirrer
- present of stirre