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

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

Cage has described Spider-Noir as a Roy Lichtenstein mash-up of fine-art film and mass-cultural television. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

That Tariq’s exquisite pulp fiction never takes its eyes off the prize in terms of who Latif is, his loss, and his beliefs is what makes his genre mash-up so satisfying, so stunning, such a complete rush. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Will the Avengers mash-up give Spidey a run for those box office records? — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Sep. 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