ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mixer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈmɪksə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mixer is a noun meaning One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.

Meaning

One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.

More Meanings

  1. One who mixes or socializes.
  2. A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
  3. A nonalcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
  4. (sound engineering) A mixing console.
  5. (US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
  6. Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
  7. A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.

Example Sentences

Do we have any mixers? I don't want to drink this vodka neat.
Bad mixer as he was, he preferred to be "out of it" in a crowd than out of it altogether.
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.
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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for mixer

Depending on context, synonyms include tumbler, sociable, social.

Antonyms for mixer

Common opposites include straight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include social, sociable, feast, blender, mixture, mixing.

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