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

Cheap Dividends #2: HF Sinclair (DINO) HF Sinclair (DINO) is the product of a 2022 mash-up of HollyFrontier Corp., Holly Energy Partners, and Sinclair Oil. —Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

He is aided in this effort by head writer Jeremy Konner, who co-created a similar mash-up concept with the cult hit Drunk History. —Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 May 2025

There’s still no official moniker for the mash-up for Stitch & M:I as there was for Barbenheimer (Stitch on a Mission? —Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025

The original Star Wars trilogy had been inspired by the stuff of his youth: a mash-up of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials, westerns, WWII movies, and samurai pictures like Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025

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