mash-up

Or mash·up

[mash-uhp]

noun

Informal.

1. Music.,  a recording that combines vocal and instrumental tracks from two or more recordings.

2. a combination or mixing of dissimilar elements, especially content from different sources.

   an adventure/horror/war movie mash-up; a web mash-up that overlays digital maps with crime statistics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mash-up¹

First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase mash up

Example Sentences

Every bite is a mash-up of textures and flavors — rich, tangy, savory, with a touch of runny yolk magic, which doubles as the “sauce” here.

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Flanked by the members of a co-ed dance crew, Shakira moved through plenty of choreography Tuesday night, none more memorably than the very convincing robot she did during a mash-up of “Las de la Intuición” and “Estoy Aquí.”

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In a mash-up of George Santos and Elizabeth Holmes, Fulcher appears to have padded his resume, claiming he was a college dropout, an entrepreneur of a successful telehealth startup and had received a non-existent PhD from Johns Hopkins University’s’ prestigious School of Advanced International Studies.

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Spaceships are imposing, and both of its rides are experiments — Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run is a full-size arcade and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is a nearly 20-minute mash-up of attraction styles.

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He celebrated his centenary with a mash-up of his signature hit Praise You, and The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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