mixer

American  

[mik-ser] / ˈmɪk sər /

noun

• mixers
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mixers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of mixer

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

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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

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mixer mixers

Benveniste, the band’s longtime manager, was in the room with mixer Andy Wallace when he realized they had something special.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The burned waste at the site included several old mattresses, a fridge freezer, builders waste, car tyres, a cement mixer and wood panelling.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Every budding baker dreams of the Ankarsrum Assistent stand mixer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Alternatively, whip the mixture with an electric mixer for 2 to 3 minutes.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

The mixer now had a shiny new bowl in it.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

Industry editors, sound mixers, visual effects artists and composers had said such a credit was necessary to lure jobs back from overseas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The new incentive is aimed at bringing back jobs for the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Consumer research firm NielsenIQ found that this year, unit sales for pickle-flavored mixers were up some 140%, and sales of pickle-flavored spirits grew by about 10%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the course of the 1920s, electric refrigerators, toasters, vacuum cleaners and mixers made their debuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

She actually preferred to be among the poor, the working-class poor of the Red Hook Housing Projects in Brooklyn, the cement mixers, bakers, doughnut makers, grandmothers, and soul-food church partisans who were her lifelong friends.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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