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stirrer(dictionary)

stirrer (iou)



stirrer noun. LME.
[from STIR verb + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which excites or provokes something, as unrest, passion, etc., or incites a person to something. Freq. foll. by up. LME.
Academy Goethe was undoubtedly..a tireless stirrer-up of ideas.
b. A person who makes a commotion or raises a tumult. LME-M17.
c. A person who stirs up trouble or discontent; an agitator, a troublemaker. colloq. M20.
S. Eldred-Grigg She'd always been a stirrer in the family.
An implement or machine for stirring a liquid etc. LME.
attrib.: Ideal Home A stirrer fan situated in the roof of the oven.
a. A person or animal that moves briskly; a busy or active person. Long rare or obsolete. LME.
b. A person who moves about or is astir. Freq. in early stirrer, a person who is up and about early. M16.