mixer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪksə(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English mix Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mixer From mix + -er.
Meanings
- One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
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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:
- A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
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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.
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(qualifier: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:
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(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:
- Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
- A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
- A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
- A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment.
- Synonym of tumbler.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mixers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
mixer tap · multimixer · matrix mixer · code-mixer · micromixer · thermomixer · whirlmixer · race-mixer · vision mixer · concrete mixer · Banbury mixer · cement mixer · food mixer · dough mixer · whirlimixer · mixer-settler · cyclomixer · vortex mixer · dough-mixer · race mixer · nanomixer
Descendants
mixer · mixer · ми́ксер · mikser · mixer · ми́кшер · mixer · mixer · mikser
Relateds
mixology · mixologist · mix · mixture
Synonyms
Translations (95)
pt varinha mágica (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · it sbattitore (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · tr mikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · nn blandemaskin (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ru сме́шиватель (a device that blends) · ro mixer (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · bg смеси́тел (a device that blends) · fi sekoitin (a device that blends) · bg бърка́лка (a device that blends) · be змяша́льнік (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ja ミキサー (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sh мешалица (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ru меша́лка (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · be ме́шалка (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · nb blander (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · nb mikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · nn miksar (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sk mixér (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · uk міша́лка (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · hy հարիչ (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · cs mixér (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · be мі́ксер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ru ми́ксер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fi blandis (non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails) · sq mikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fi sekoitin (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ru смеси́тель (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · id minuman mikser (non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails) · pl robot kuchenny (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ca batedora (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · uk змі́шувач (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · id pencampur (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ru бле́ндер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ru смеси́тель (a device that blends) · sv matberednings (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · be мі́ксэр (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · arz خَلَّاط (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · nb blandemaskin (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ar مِخْفَقَة (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fr mixeur (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fi mikseri (non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails) · et mikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · es batidora (amasadora) (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · id pengaduk (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fr batteur (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · id koktail campur (non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails) · nl mengar (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · mi pūwhakaranu (a device that blends) · hu turmixgép (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ar خَفَّاقَة (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · be зме́швальнік (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · nrf mixeu (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · az qarışdırıcı (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sv mixer (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · id pengadon (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ru ми́кшер (sound engineering device or software) · uz mikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · de Mischgetränk (non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails) · eo miksilo (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fr robot mixeur (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sh mešalo (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · de Mixer (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · nn blandar (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · hi मथानी (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · la promiscuus (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · el μίξερ (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · pt batedeira (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · id pengocok (a device that blends) · da håndmikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · mk миксер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sh мешало (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · pl mikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · id pengaduk (a device that blends) · be блэ́ндар (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · cmn 混頻器 /混频器 (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fi vatkain (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sh mešalica (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · bg ми́ксер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · be мяша́лка (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · uk мі́ксер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · da mikser (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sl mešalnik (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · kk миксер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ky миксер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · uk бле́ндер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fi lantrinki (non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails) · mk блендер (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sv groggvirke (non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails) · fa میکسر (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · cmn 混合器 (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · da blender (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · fr batte-beurre (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · sl mešalec (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ar خَلَّاط (machine that mixes or beats ingredients) · ko 믹서 (machine that mixes or beats ingredients)