: 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 Within the collection, there was a staple look that felt like a mash-up of sorts: a pair of black and yellow leather pants worn with a striped tee and a plaid jacket. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024 Some of them adorn their websites with a mash-up of Confederate nostalgia and icons of Russian saints. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024 Getty Taylor Swift's Eras Tour surprise songs are always a big conversation on TikTok—and her most recent mash-up was no exception. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2024 With this new collab titled Clash the Wall, there’s a bold mash-up of four Vans iconic styles — the Style 36, the Authentic, the Mid Skool ’77 and the Sk8-Hi — in full-on neon green and an orange reminiscent of Crush soda, both signature S.R. colors. The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 Before the performance began, Swift and Carpenter shared a quick story about how the mash-up came about — or, at least, the first half of it. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024 The post began making news in Canada soon after, with a radio DJ doing a mash-up that boosted the notion that the songs share a similar git-up. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024 Best director honors went to Dominican filmmaker Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias for Pepe, an unclassifiable mash-up of documentary and fiction about a hippo brought to Colombia by drug king Pablo Escobar. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024 Taylor Swift braved a bit of rain, waited out a little lightning, and brought out Sabrina Carpenter for a special surprise song mash-up during night one of her Eras Tour run in Sydney, Australia. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mash-up was in 1859

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“Mash-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash-up. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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
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