mixers

Noun

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
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

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