Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who stirs; especially, one who is active or bustling.
- noun One who stirs or agitates anything, as a liquid, with the hand or an implement for stirring.
- noun An implement or a machine used for stirring a liquid or the like.
- noun One who incites or instigates; an instigator: often with up: as, a stirrer up of contention.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep.
- noun an instigator or inciter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to
stir . - noun A person who
stirs something. - noun slang A person who spreads
rumours or causesagitation . - noun One who stirs or moves about, as after sleep.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
- noun an implement used for stirring
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Examples
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They want this college grad to follow in their dad's footsteps and work as a "stirrer" for Honex, where all the bees in New Hive City have worked for millions of years, without a single day's vacation.
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Inside the inner kettle is a "stirrer," a revolving arm attached at right angles to a vertical shaft.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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The apples should be put on to cook as early in the morning as possible and cooked slowly over not too hot a fire, being stirred constantly with a long-handled "stirrer" with small perforated piece of wood on one end.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Edith Matilda Thomas 1889
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And even today nobody, besides that TOI piece that happens to have a number of other movies perhaps critically acclaimed but hardly a s "stirrer" of any kind in its era.
NAACHGAANA 2009
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Henry Wang Mugs www. henrywangmugs.com) has, amongst other bar items, a shaker with a "stirrer" in the bottom.
unknown title 2009
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Henry Wang Mugs www. henrywangmugs.com) has, amongst other bar items, a shaker with a "stirrer" in the bottom.
unknown title 2009
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Henry Wang Mugs www. henrywangmugs.com) has, amongst other bar items, a shaker with a "stirrer" in the bottom.
unknown title 2009
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To overcome this, Mr. Muntner inserts a thin straw — a hollow coffee-stirrer works well — into the hole.
Draining a Snow Globe for Flight Miriam Gottfried 2011
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By Darkman, February 17, 2010 @ 11: 28 am wanna be a professional shit-stirrer and this is the blowback ..
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Ma and Grace and Mary Catherine like to think Tessa is the Chief Trouble Maker, but Tessa sees Pa knows: Yllis is a pot stirrer.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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