mixer

American  

[mik-ser] / ˈmɪk sər /

noun

1. a person or thing that mixes.

2. a person, with reference to sociability.

   She's a good mixer to have at a large party.

3. a kitchen utensil or an electrical appliance having one or more beaters and used in mixing, beating, or blending foods.

4. Also a beverage, as ginger ale, fruit juice, or soda water that can be combined with liquor to produce a mixed drink, especially a highball.

5. Audio. an electronic device for blending, fading, substitution, etc., of sounds from various sources, as from microphones or separately recorded soundtracks, for broadcast or recording.

6. Radio and Television, Recording. a technician who operates a mixer in a studio.

7. the person responsible for the original recording of a movie soundtrack.

8. a social event, as a party or dance, where people can meet informally.

9. mixing faucet.

10. Metallurgy. a container for blending and storing molten pig iron from several blast furnaces.

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mixer British  

/ ˈmɪksə /

noun

1. a person or thing that mixes

2. informal

   1. a person considered in relation to his ability to mix socially

   2. a person who creates trouble for others

3. a kitchen appliance, usually electrical, used for mixing foods, etc

4. a drink such as ginger ale, fruit juice, etc, used in preparing cocktails

5. electronics a device in which two or more input signals are combined to give a single output signal

6. short for sound mixer vision mixer

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Etymology

Origin of mixer

First recorded in 1605–15; mix + -er ¹

Explanation

A mixer is a device used for blending things together, like a cement mixer or the countertop mixer you use when you bake cookies. The word mixer is used for many different things, but they all have some element of combining or blending something together. When a social event is described as a mixer, it's meant to bring diverse groups together, giving them the opportunity to meet people they might otherwise not cross paths with. And a DJ's mixer is an electronic device that's used to combine audio signals so they can create smooth transitions from one song to the next.

Example Sentences

Production took place over 45 days in early 2023 at more than 50 locations around London, including Camden pubs the Good Mixer and Dublin Castle, where patrons shared stories about the real Winehouse performing there.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

In 2019, Microsoft briefly waded in to sign gaming celebrity Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and others to its now-defunct Mixer site.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Lots of people have pointed out similarities to Mixer - a short-lived Twitch competitor launched by Microsoft.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2023

In 2020, Facebook Gaming absorbed Mixer, Microsoft’s failed streaming platform that had the company recruiting streamers like Ninja and Shroud.

From The Verge • Aug. 30, 2022

And over all this brooded the dank clouds of acrid dust that had so lately been Cement Mixer Zinsky and certain members of his mob.

From "And That's How It Was, Officer" by Sholto, Ralph

Related Words

• blender
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