mixer

Etymology

mix + -er

noun

1. One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
2. 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 2020-11-30
3. A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
4. A non-alcoholic 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.
   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. 2022-01-27, Becky Hughes, “The Hot New Thing in Dating? Actually Going on Dates.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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.
11. (cryptocurrencies) Synonym of tumbler