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cement mixer

[ si-ment mik-ser ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also called con·crete mix·er [kon, -kreet mik-ser]. a machine having a revolving drum, often motor-driven, for mixing cement, sand, gravel, and water to produce concrete.
Baseball Slang. a pitch that is meant to be an unhittable breaking ball but instead becomes hittable as it goes into a side spin that travels into the strike zone:
Lyons hit a stand-up double on that cement mixer, and he looked just as surprised as the pitcher when it happened.

First recorded in 1905–10 cement mixer fordef 1, and in 2005–10 cement mixer fordef 2

Then he pours the whole thing into a cement mixer and something comes out.

From Time

He can leap five feet six, run or hike indefinitely, exhaust a cement-mixer, say "stick" in all tongues and "quit" in none.

You ever see a cement mixer that hasn't been cleaned out after use for a few dozen times?

There was enough of the mix in the form to make a thousand cats, and more was being mixed in a portable cement mixer.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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