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What is the noun for stir?

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stirrer
  1. A device used to stir.
  2. A person who stirs something.
  3. (slang) A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
  4. One who stirs or moves about, as after sleep.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The stirrer in the room smirked as he watched the group's harmony quickly dissolve into chaos.”
      “Try the first-rate mojitos, served with a sugar-cane stirrer, or a potent sangria, amped up with top-shelf liquors.”
      “A paddle cuvette stirrer was placed in the quartz cuvette containing the liposome suspension.”
stir
  1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
  2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
  3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Understandably, his disappearing act created a stir, and everyone feared for the old man.”
      “Increase the heat, add the rest of the ingredients, and give it a good stir.”
      “Occasionally, a light gust of wind would cause a stir in the tops of the pine trees.”
stirrage
  1. (obsolete) The act of stirring; stir; commotion.
stirring
  1. (stir) An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The fires are well lit and carefully attended to, and the stirring of the leaves continues uninterruptedly until the overseer gives the signal to desist.”
      “As he studied the man's rhythmical stirring of his coffee, Matt could imagine the wheels of his mind turning, even at the early hour.”
stir
  1. (slang) Jail; prison.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Understandably, his disappearing act created a stir, and everyone feared for the old man.”
      “Increase the heat, add the rest of the ingredients, and give it a good stir.”
      “Occasionally, a light gust of wind would cause a stir in the tops of the pine trees.”
stirrings
  1. plural of stirring
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But then maybe I only think that because I believe they'd be benign and unformed stirrings, augmenting my life and not upheaving it.”
      “The explanation many people reach for involves mental telepathy or psychic stirrings.”
      “The Pope excommunicated king and cabinet, and these repeated ecclesiastical censures muzzled any patriotic stirrings among the clergy.”
stirrers
  1. plural of stirrer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If you don't have a cupboard full of strainers, shakers, blenders and stirrers, my advice is to build your drink.”
      “Utensil storage for stirrers and cocktail napkins, as well as glass storage, are also necessary.”
      “Our host had prepared a home bar for our arrival and we made dirty martinis with sweet and sour pickled carrots as stirrers.”
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