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Definition: Stirrer |
StirrerNoun1. A person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble. 2. An implement used for stirring. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stirrer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | An apparatus for stirring or maxing wine. It may be a simple baton or mechanical device such as revolving paddles or propellor blades. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | L-shaped piece used to homogenize optical glass by mechanical stirring. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: StirrerSynonym: scaremonger (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stirrer |
| Specialty definitions using "stirrer": Atin ♦ DROSS SKIMMER ♦ pulp chest ♦ Stirred Fixed-Bed Gasifier process, stuff chest ♦ TABLET-MAKING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stirrer": trowel. (references) |
| "Stirrer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stirrer" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "stirrer": be an early stirrer ♦ stirrer up. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "stirrer": stirrer-up. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
stirrer | 22 | hotplate stirrer | 4 |
magnetic stirrer | 21 | drink personalized stirrer | 4 |
soul stirrer | 21 | dissolved magnetic oxygen probe stirrer | 3 |
drink stirrer | 14 | sam cooke the soul stirrer | 3 |
forehearth stirrer | 12 | laboratory stirrer | 3 |
paint stirrer | 8 | stirrer mixer | 3 |
cocktail stirrer | 8 | glass stirrer | 2 |
coffee stirrer | 7 | plastic stirrer | 2 |
glass drink stirrer | 5 | the soul stirrer lyrics | 2 |
drink specialty stirrer | 4 | hotplate stirrer used | 2 |
mechanical stirrer | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "stirrer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fajtor (causer, culpable, culprit, delinquent, guilty, stirrer-up). (various references) | |
Arabic | محرض (abettor, provocative, seditious). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | машина за разбъркване. (various references) | |
Chinese | 绞拌器. (various references) | |
Danish | roerevaerk (agitator), pisker (beater, whip, whipping machine), omroerer (agitation auger, mixer, paddle, rotor, thimble). (various references) | |
Dutch | roerstaaft, roerstaafje (cocktail stick), roerspaan (stirring rod), roerder (rabble, thimble), klienhek, kaasmes (curd knife), kaasharp, doorhaler. (various references) | |
Finnish | sekoittaja (mixer, thimble), sekoitin (mixer), juustoharppu. (various references) | |
French | spatule (cocktail stick), violoncelle, lyre, guinand, fouet (stave), fauteur de troubles, brassoir, agitateur (cocktail stick, stirring rod). (various references) | |
German | stänkerer, Umrührgerät, Ruehruwerk, Ruehrer (agitator), Rührwerk (agitation auger, mixer, mixing auger conveyor, mixing screw, rabble, rotor, thimble), Rührstab (whisk), Rührstäbchen (cocktail stick), Rührhaken (thimble), Rührer (thimble), Rührbesen (beater, whisk), agitator (agitator). (various references) | |
Greek | αναδευτήρας (agitation auger, agitator, mixer, rabble, rotor, thimble). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mozgékony ember, keverő (agitator, mixer, shaker), izgató (agitator, disturbing, excitant, excitative, exciter, exciting, irritant, irritative, piquant, prompter, stimulant, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, upsetting), felizgató (exciting, maddening), fürge ember, agitátor (agitator, ward heeler). (various references) | |
Italian | palettina da caffé (cocktail stick), lire (liras), frusta (bullwhip, horsewhip, lash, switch, whip, whisk), agitatore (agitator). (various references) | |
Manx | seiyder (agitator, mixer, pusher, shover, sticker, thruster), mesteyder (churner, fader, mixer), greeseyder (agitator, egger-on, excitant, inciter, instigator, parliamentary whip, poker, provoker, stimulant, tickler). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | irrerstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | misturador (beater, masher, water tap), macaco (ape, hoist, jack, jackanapes, macaco, macaque, monkey, simian), batedor (bat, batsman, beater, coiner, escort, feeler, knocker, picker, scutch, stamper, thrasher, tracker, walloper), agitador (beater, disturber). (various references) | |
Romanian | persoanã activã (doer), fãcãleţ (paddle, roller), agitator (agitator). (various references) | |
Russian | помешиватель. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | podstrekač (aggressor, fire brand, firebrand, incendiary, persuader, stirrer-up). (various references) | |
Spanish | mecedor (rocking, swinging), agitador (agitator, incendiary). (various references) | |
Swedish | rörare, orosmakare, omrörare (agitator, rabble, stirring rod, thimble). (various references) | |
Turkish | karıştırma odası, harç makinası. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người xúi giục (fomenter, inciter, inspirer, setter-on), người khuấy động. (various references) | |
Welsh | ymotbren (ladle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stirrer": stirrers. (additional references) | |
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"Stirrer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schryer, starrer, steerer, Stirbei, stire, stiree, stirer, stirir, stirler, stirner, Stirrat, Stohrer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stirrer" (pronounced 'Stir"rer'): Abhorrer, Conferrer, Deferrer, Forespurrer, Marrer, Precurrer, Preferrer, Referrer, Schnorrer, Spurrer, transferrer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-r-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: triers. | |
-2 letters: riser, rites, tiers, tires, trier, tries. | |
-3 letters: errs, erst, ires, reis, rest, rets, rise, rite, sire, site, stir, tier, ties, tire. | |
-4 letters: err, ers, ire, its, rei, res, ret, sei, ser, set, sir, sit, sri, tie, tis. | |
-5 letters: er, es, et, is, it, re, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-r-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: retirers, starrier, stirrers, tarriers, terriers. | |
+2 letters: barrister, registrar, rewriters, roisterer, roturiers, terrorise, terrorism, terrorist. | |
+3 letters: barratries, barretries, barristers, errantries, fritterers, fruiterers, recruiters, registrars, reprinters, reregister, respirator, restrainer, retrievers, retrofires, retrovirus, ripsnorter, roisterers, terrariums, terrorised, terrorises, terrorisms, terrorists, terrorizes, trierarchs. | |
+4 letters: arbitragers, certioraris, enterpriser, interferers, overstirred, preregister, proprietors, rearresting, repertoires, repertories, reregisters, respirators, respiratory, restrainers, ripsnorters, riverfronts, terrestrial, territories, terrorising, terroristic, transcriber, transferrin. | |
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