noun 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!
noun A person who stirs something.
The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.
noun A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
Why would you say something so hurtful? Damn, you are such a stirrer!
noun 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.