medley

noun

med·ley | \ˈmed-lē

plural medleys

Definition of medley

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 archaic : melee

2 : a diverse assortment or mixture especially : hodgepodge a medley of sounds a medley of desserts was arrested on a medley of charges

3 : a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces a medley of show tunes

medley

adjective

Definition of medley (Entry 2 of 2)

: mixed, motley

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Noun

a medley of show tunes a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Gaga performed a Sound of Music medley dressed in a simple gown with her hair long and flowing. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Lady Gaga Didn't Need A Star Is Born to Be Taken Seriously," 28 Sep. 2018 Lacking proper helmets, the SEAL divers taped a medley of flashlights to their improvised headgear. — Hannah Beech, Richard C. Paddock And Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, "‘Still Can’t Believe It Worked’: The Story of the Thailand Cave Rescue," 12 July 2018 Kelly Clarkson covered everyone from Kendrick Lamar to Taylor Swift in a show-stopping medley of hits for her opening performance as the host of the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. — Cady Lang, Time, "Kelly Clarkson Brought the House Down With This Billboard Music Awards Medley," 21 May 2018 Besides watching Beyoncé reunite with Destiny’s Child for their sweet-sounding medley on Saturday night (April 14), to see Eminem join forces with 50 Cent and Dr. Dre the following day was perhaps the festival's most pleasant surprise. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "The 10 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2018," 16 Apr. 2018 Independence Day in Washington is wrought with its own medley of festivities; that makes Memorial Day and Veterans Day logical front-runners for the parade’s host holiday. — Thomas Gibbons-neff, New York Times, "Trump Wants a Military Parade. But Not Everyone Is in Step.," 8 Feb. 2018 His medley of familiar hits was nowhere near those performances. — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, "Music fans: Stop excusing these musicians' faults," 7 Feb. 2018 As if The Beach Boys performing at this year's A Capitol Fourth on PBS wasn’t enough of a treat itself, the band decided to collaborate with special guests Jimmy Buffett and John Stamos for a medley of hits last night (July 4). — Rita Thompson, Billboard, "The Beach Boys Join Forces With John Stamos & Jimmy Buffett For Epic 4th of July Performance: Watch," 5 July 2018 Image The dream died near the cash bar, beside the stiff focaccia and the medley of Italian meats. — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, "Michael Grimm Falls Back to Earth. In a Ballroom on Staten Island.," 27 June 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

Spring Woods sends all six relays to regionals, led by the fifth-place medley boys team of Samuel Jennings, Hewry Schmidt, Jacob Jennings and Clayton Richard. — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Memorial girls runner-up at 15-6A swim meet," 24 Jan. 2018 Hunter will have back the GMC third team 200 medley team of Owen Pelzer, Kevin LaGrange, Jakob Eichhorn and Aidan Flanigan. — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, "Preview: St. Xavier highlights talented pool of Cincinnati swimmers, divers," 8 Dec. 2017 In addition, Munoz was part of the winning 200 medley team (back-23.43), and 400 free relay team third leg (45.29). — Staff Report, Orange County Register, "Northwood boys and Woodbridge girls capture PCL swim championships.," 11 May 2017 Wright is a 100m back, 400 free and medley relay specialist. — Randy Sachs, star-telegram.com, "Young swimmers work to create foundation for Mansfield Timberview," 12 June 2017

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