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mixer (iou)



mixer noun. E17.
[from MIX verb + -ER1.]
A person who blends or mixes liquids, materials, etc.; spec. a person who mixes drinks, a bartender. E17.
A machine or device for mixing; spec. an electrical appliance for mixing foods. L19.
b. A container for mixing drinks; a cocktail-shaker. L19.
a. A person in respect of his or her ability to mix socially with others; a sociable person. L19.
A. Storr A child who is a poor mixer and cannot stand up for himself. R. Deacon He was a good mixer in all classes of society.
b. A social gathering to enable people to get to know one another. N. Amer. colloq. E20.
New Yorker He had married a girl he had met at a mixer.
a. Cinematography, Television, & Audio etc. A device designed to receive two or more separate signals, e.g. from microphones, and combine them (usu. in variable proportions) in a single output. Also, a person who operates such a device, responsible for balancing signal sources and shifting between sources. E20.
b. Electronics. A device that produces an output signal containing frequencies equal to the sum and the difference of the frequencies of two input signals. M20.
A soft drink with which an alcoholic drink is diluted, as soda water etc.; an alcoholic drink used in cocktails. M20.
A troublemaker. slang. M20.
A type of dry pet food which can be mixed with moist tinned food. L20.
Comb.: mixer tap a tap through which both hot and cold water can be drawn at the same time, in any proportion.