different between stirrer vs rouser

stirrer

English

Etymology

stir +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?st????/
  • (General American) enPR: stûr??r, IPA(key): /?st??/
  • Rhymes: -????(?)
  • Hyphenation: stir?rer

Noun

stirrer (plural stirrers)

  1. A device used to stir.
    We're out of coffee stirrers again and I'm not using my finger!
  2. A person who stirs something.
    The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.
  3. (slang) A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
    Why would you say something so hurtful? God, you are such a stirrer!
  4. One who stirs or moves about, as after sleep.
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, III. ii. 3:
      An early stirrer, by the rood!

Derived terms

  • magnetic stirrer
  • pot stirrer
  • shit-stirrer

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stirrer

  1. present of stirre

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rouser

English

Etymology

rouse +? -er

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

rouser (plural rousers)

  1. Something very exciting or stimulating.
  2. One who rouses another from sleep.
  3. (colloquial, archaic) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.

Anagrams

  • sourer

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