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mixer

/ˈmɪksə(ɹ)/

mixer noun: one who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.

mixer: one who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together
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Noun (1)

mixer (plural mixers)

  1. One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
  2. One who mixes or socializes.
    • I had seen so many people all my life—I was an average mixer, but more than average in a tendency to identify myself, my ideas, my destiny with those of all classes that I came in contact with.1936 February, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up”, in Esquire, retrieved 30 Nov 2020
    • Bad mixer as he was, he preferred to be "out of it" in a crowd than out of it altogether.1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC
  3. A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
  4. A nonalcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
    • Do we have any mixers? I don't want to drink this vodka neat.
  5. (sound engineering) A mixing console.
    • I have such a quiet bong that I literally have to put my mixer in my lap and turn both knobs all the way up just to get it to pick up the bubbles.2018 August 22, 01:20 from the start, in CS:GO WHILE HIGH (Comedy, Gaming), spoken by RaccoonEggs, YouTube
  6. (US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
    • To encourage those IRL meetings, Thursday hosts events in London and New York, the two cities where it is up and running; the mixer at Hair of the Dog was its eighth in this city and drew a crowd of about 450.2022 January 27, Becky Hughes, “The Hot New Thing in Dating? Actually Going on Dates.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  7. Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
  8. A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
  9. A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
  10. A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment.
    Antonyms:
    straight
  11. Synonym of tumbler.
    Synonyms:
    tumbler

Proper noun capitalized: Mixer

Mixer (plural Mixers)

  1. A surname.

Noun (2) capitalized: Mixer

Mixer (plural Mixers)

  1. (slang) A fan of the British girl group Little Mix.
    • Mixers, what do you think of the new song?2013 September 23, “Little Mix Release 'Move,' New Song From Upcoming Album (LISTEN)”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2022
    • Jade Thirlwall tells us about sharing a heritage with her Middle Eastern Mixers, fearing fame and inspiring young girls […] You’ve got a lot of Middle Eastern Mixers (the name given to their fans); […]2013 November 27, Marwa Hamad, “Making […] ”, in Gulf News
    Synonyms:
    Little Mixer
  2. (slang) A member of the British girl group Little Mix.
    • Mixer Jesy Nelson was bowled over that a rap diva of the highest order like Elliott would want to work with them.2013 March 23, Amy Sciarretto, “Little Mix Collaborate With Missy Elliott on ‘How Ya Doin’?’”, in PopCrush, Townsquare Media, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2013
    • Leigh-Anne from the band confessed to thinking Austin Mahone was a cutie. He later told me he would love to take her for dinner and on the London Eye – bless him. […] Sadly for Austin, the Mixer is spoken for, and currently in Jamaica with her long-term boyfriend.2014 July 2, Max, “Little Mix admit ‘going braless can be a problem’ in Max from Capital’s latest Metro blog”, in Metro, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2014
    Synonyms:
    Little Mixer

mixer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

mixer in Hindi

machine that mixes or beats ingredients
मथानी mathānī

mixer in Tamil

கலப்பி, கலவைக்கருவி, கலப்பாள், கலக்கி, கலப்பான்

mixer in Marathi

मिश्रक, मिक्सर, मिश्रणकर्ता

mixer in Urdu

آمیزہ کار, پھیڑ
More languagesFewer languages
mixer in Bengali
মিশুক ব্যক্তি
mixer in Telugu
మిక్సర్
mixer in Malayalam
മിക്സി, കൂട്ടിക്കലർത്താനുള്ള യന്ത്രസംവിധാനം, അടിച്ചുപതപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള യന്ത്രം, മുട്ട
mixer in Kannada
ಕಲಕಿ, ಮಿನ್ನೊರಳು, ಮಿಂಚೊರಳು, ಕಲಸುಗ
mixer in Punjabi
ਮਿਕਸਰ
mixer in Gujarati
મિશ્રક, મિક્સર, મિશ્રણકાર
mixer in Odia
ମିକ୍ସର୍, ମିଶ୍ରଣକାରୀ
mixer in Nepali
मिक्सर, मिश्रणकर्ता
mixer in Arabic
خَلَّاط ḵallāṭ, خَفَّاقَة ḵaffāqa, مِخْفَقَة miḵfaqa
mixer in Indonesian
pengaduk, pengocok, pengadon, pencampur
mixer in Persian
میکسر mikser

Examples of mixer in a sentence

  • That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!
  • I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.
  • The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.

All 25 example sentences with mixer

Synonyms of mixer

Antonyms

Forms of mixer

Noun
pluralmixers
pluralMixers
Proper noun
pluralMixers

Plural of mixer: mixers

Origin of mixer

From mix + -er.

Unexplained.

From (Little) Mix + -er.

Words formed from mixer

Phrases with mixer

Words that rhyme with mixer

Questions about mixer

What does mixer mean?
Mixer means one who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
What is mixer in Hindi?
Mixer in Hindi is मथानी (mathānī). See Mixer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mixer?
Mixer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mixer?
Mixer is pronounced /ˈmɪksə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of mixer?
The plural of mixer is mixers.

Words near mixer in the dictionary

  1. mixedwoods
  2. mixel
  3. mixels
  4. mixen
  5. mixens
  6. mixer
  7. mixer tap
  8. mixer taps
  9. mixer-settler
  10. mixer-settlers
  11. mixers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mixer (page history and authors); Mixer (page history and authors); mixer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mixer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mixer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mixer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mixer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mixer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); mixer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mixer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mixer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mixer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mixer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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