verb
- to mix something too much or for too long, especially in cooking or baking
Usage: cooking; baking
Examples
- She overmixes the cake batter and it becomes tough.
- The baker overmixes the dough, making the bread dense.
- Don’t overmix the muffin batter or they’ll be rubbery.
- He always overmixes his pancake batter.
- The recipe warns not to overmix the ingredients.
- When you overmix cookie dough, the cookies become hard.