1.NounA 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!"
2.NounA person who stirs something.
"The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms."
3.NounA person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
"Why would you say something so hurtful? God, you are such a stirrer!"
4.NounOne 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."