mash-up

noun

ˈmash-ˌəp 

: something created by combining elements from two or more sources: such as

a

: a piece of music created by digitally overlaying an instrumental track with a vocal track from a different recording

b

: a movie or video having characters or situations from other sources

c

: a web service or application that integrates data and functionalities from various online sources

Examples of mash-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The letterless 1890 debuted in February as a mash-up of the upper from the 890v3, which originates from the early 2010s, and the sole unit of the 2002 from the same time period. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

Her new book is a similar mash-up of the silly and the somber. — Lisa Hanawalt, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

The result is, literally, a mash-up of everything about the couple’s style, taste, backgrounds, and influences. — Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2026

Sometimes, this is rewarded with the comfortingly mundane, a mash-up of bird and traffic sounds, for instance. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mash-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

mash-up

noun

ˈmash-ˌəp

: something created by combining elements from two or more sources: as

a

: a piece of music created by digitally overlaying an instrumental track with a vocal track from a different recording

b

: a movie or video having characters or situations from other sources

c

: a Web service or application that integrates data and functions from various online sources