mixer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One that mixes: a mixer of concrete; a mixer of drinks.
2. n. A sociable person: She's outgoing and a good mixer.
3. n. An informal dance or party arranged to give members of a group an opportunity to get acquainted.
4. n. A device that blends or mixes substances or ingredients, especially by mechanical agitation.
5. n. A nonalcoholic beverage, such as soda water or ginger ale, used in mixed drinks.
6. n. Electronics One who mixes the audio components of a recording.
7. n. Electronics A device used to combine and adjust sounds from a variety of sources in order to create a final recorded audio product, such as the soundtrack of a movie.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who or that which mixes or mingles.
2. n. Specifically, a machine for mixing various substances. See malaxator.
3. n. A receptacle for diluting a drop of blood with a definite quantity of artificial serum preliminary to counting the blood-corpuscles.
4. n. A person of a social temperament; one who makes acquaintances readily and somewhat indiscriminately: as, he is a good mixer.

Wiktionary

1. n. Someone or something who mixes; the agent noun of mix.
2. n. A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
3. n. A non-alcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
4. n. mixing console

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. One who, or that which, mixes.
2. n. Colloq. or Slang, U. S. A person who has social intercourse with others of many sorts; a person viewed as to his casual sociability; -- commonly used with some characterizing adjective.
3. n. a social gathering, game, or dance organized to provide an opportunity for people to meet each other.
4. n. a nonalcoholic beverage (such as fruit juice, club soda or ginger ale) added to an alcoholic beverage to produce a mixed drink.
5. n. any device used for mixing.
6. n. an electronic device for blending or manipulating sounds from different sources to produce a composite soundtrack, for an audio recording, video recording, or a movie.
7. n. The technician who operates a mixer{6}.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
2. n. a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods
3. n. club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol
4. n. electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal