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stirrer

[ stur-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that stirs. stir.
  2. an implement or device for stirring stir stirring something.


stirrer

/ ˈstɜːrə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that stirs
  2. informal.
    a person who deliberately causes trouble
  3. informal.
    a political activist or agitator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stirrer1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; stir 1, -er 1
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Example Sentences

I also created ten torches by combining free paint stirrers from Home Depot with a few ripped-up T-shirts.

Enter the iSpoon, a conventional stirrer on one end and a tablet stylus on the other.

No matter what happens, whether she runs for president or not, Palin is going to be Pot Stirrer-in-Chief.

A flask to which is fitted a stirrer and gas seal is shown in section by b, Fig. 8.

A screw stirrer is provided, and the whole apparatus is immersed in kerosene in the glass box of a storage cell.

The stirrer should not be removed till the calcination is finished.

Then bring a drop of the assay with the stirrer in contact with one of the test drops on the plate.

Put in some more oxide of copper, and clean the stirrer in it.

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