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

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

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mixer mixers

Human hands on a mixer, making trade-offs in real time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Britvic makes a range of consumer soft drinks and cordials, including the kind of flavored mixer that analysts see taking up a greater share of sales in bars and pubs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

A year ago, Molson Coors bought an 8.5% stake in the premium mixer company Fever-Tree Drinks.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

North Korea’s Lazarus Group External link, among the most sophisticated crypto-enabled criminal organizations in the world, relied heavily on the DeFi mixer Tornado Cash to launder funds.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Frank S. gives me a thumbs-up from over by the big industrial mixer.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

With the help of large handheld food mixers, they carefully grind the mixture of dried Californian grapes and water, which they then ferment before distilling it in a large still imported from Germany.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

"We have witnessed counterfeiters using toxic ingredients that they have blended in industrial machines such as cement mixers."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025

The shade will be featured in the kitchen brand’s annual limited-edition Artisan stand mixers.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025

But you shouted and you knocked those mixers off the shelf and there was a big crash.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

Related Words

• blender
• food processor