stirrer.
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).
Meaning & usage
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!
A person who stirs something.
The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.
A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)twr̥H-yé-ti? Proto-Germanic *sturjaną Proto-West Germanic *sturjan Old English styrian Middle English stiren English stir English -er English stirrer From stir + -er.
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