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mixer

[ mik-ser ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that mixes.
a person, with reference to sociability:
She's a good mixer to have at a large party.
a kitchen utensil or an electrical appliance having one or more beaters and used in mixing, beating, or blending foods.
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.
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.
Radio and Television, Recording. a technician who operates a mixer in a studio.
the person responsible for the original recording of a movie soundtrack. Compare recordist.
a social event, as a party or dance, where people can meet informally.
mixing faucet.
Metallurgy. a container for blending and storing molten pig iron from several blast furnaces.

mixer

/ ˈmɪksə /

a person or thing that mixes
informal.
1. a person considered in relation to his ability to mix socially
2. a person who creates trouble for others
a kitchen appliance, usually electrical, used for mixing foods, etc
a drink such as ginger ale, fruit juice, etc, used in preparing cocktails
electronics a device in which two or more input signals are combined to give a single output signal
See vision mixer, sound mixer
short for sound mixer vision mixer

Origin of mixer¹

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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