stirrer

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!

A person who stirs something.

The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.

A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.

Near-synonyms: (vulgar) shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger

Why would you say something so hurtful? God, you are such a stirrer!

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.

An early stirrer, by the rood!