stirrer

plural stirrers

1. 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).

   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. slangA person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.

   Near-synonyms: (vulgar) shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger

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   Why would you say something so hurtful? God, you are such a stirrer!

   Synonyms: pot stirrer, agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, bhoy, blackguard

4. 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.

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   An early stirrer, by the rood!

   c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 3