mixer

[ mik-ser ]

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. Compare recordist.
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.

mixer

/ 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. See vision mixer, sound mixer
   short for sound mixer vision mixer

Word History and Origins

Origin of mixer¹

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

Example Sentences

It boosted its brand awareness by sponsoring the PBS show Home Cooking, and by putting its mixers into the hands of celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Martha Stewart.

From Popular-Science

Our top 10 baking recipes of 2020 featured cake, pie and a whole bunch of breadIf you can melt chocolate and use a hand mixer, you can make this impressive but shockingly easy dessert.

From Washington Post

About three-quarters say that volunteer opportunities boost morale more than company mixers, and nearly 80% say they believe that volunteerism is essential to employee well-being.

From Quartz

Turn the mixer to medium-low speed and slowly pour the sugar syrup in a steady stream into the gelatin, avoiding the whisk, aiming for the space between the bowl and the whisk.

From Washington Post

They gained traction by producing microphones, transformers, headphones, mixers, and other audio-related electronic equipment, expanding into wireless microphone markets in the early 1980′s.

From Popular-Science

They can be ingested sporadically or used as a mixer throughout the night (though a can of Sprite seems to be the latest trick).

From The Daily Beast

Fold the parchment paper with the dry ingredients in half and pour into the stand mixer.

From The Daily Beast

This will make it easy to pour the flour mixture into the stand mixer.

From The Daily Beast

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

From The Daily Beast

With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture.

From The Daily Beast

The Celt was, if anything, a better “mixer” and more adaptable than even the Achæan.

From Project Gutenberg

They have many household conveniences: running water in a barrel, a blue flame oil stove, a bread-mixer, and a carpet-sweeper.

From Project Gutenberg

There must have been ten thousand people in the street and not a soul but Hank and his wife and the mixer in the house.

From Project Gutenberg

Ordered forty kegs from the brewery and hired a fancy mixer to sling together mild snorts, as he called them, for the ladies.

From Project Gutenberg

Why, that young father of ours is such a mixer he could even make ice cream and crabs agree.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blender
• food processor