mixer

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English

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mixer (3)

Etymology

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From mix +‎ -er.

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Noun

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mixer (plural mixers)

  1. One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
    Hyponyms: cement mixer, concrete mixer
  2. One who mixes or socializes.
    • 1936 February, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up”, in Esquire[1], retrieved 2020-11-30:
      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.
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
      Bad mixer as he was, he preferred to be "out of it" in a crowd than out of it altogether.
  3. A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
    Hyponyms: hand mixer, stand mixer, electric whisk
    Coordinate terms: blender, food processor
  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.
  6. (US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
    • 2022 January 27, Becky Hughes, “The Hot New Thing in Dating? Actually Going on Dates.”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      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.
  7. Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
  8. A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
  9. (electronics) A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
  10. A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment.
    Antonym: straight
  11. (cryptocurrencies) Synonym of tumbler

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English mixer.

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Noun

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mixer m (plural mixers, diminutive mixertje n)

  1. a mixer (device, esp. kitchen appliance, for mixing)
  2. a music mixer

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French

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English mix.

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Verb

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mixer

  1. to mix
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English mixer.

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Noun

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mixer m (plural mixers)

  1. mixer (machine for mixing)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mixer.

Noun

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mixer n (plural mixere)

  1. blender

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Spanish

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Noun

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mixer m (plural mixeres)

  1. mixer (drink)

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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en mixer

Etymology

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Borrowed from English mixer.

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mixer c

  1. (cooking) a blender
  2. a mixer (device or person that mixes or merges things, especially for TV or radio)
    1. a vision mixer, (US) a video switcher
    2. a technical director
    3. a mixing console
      Synonym: mixerbord

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