mash-up

American  

[mash-uhp] / ˈmæʃˌʌp /

Or mashup

noun

Informal.

1. Music. a recording that combines vocal and instrumental tracks from two or more recordings.

2. a combination or mixing of dissimilar elements, especially content from different sources.

   an adventure/horror/war movie mash-up; a web mash-up that overlays digital maps with crime statistics.

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Etymology

Origin of mash-up

First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase mash up

Example Sentences

And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

That mash-up revealed the two sides of Sombr.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Svitlana Yakovleva tightly held her two grandchildren, Myroslava, 6, and Yevgen, 8, as they watched snowmen perform a choreographed rendition of a holiday mash-up.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

This marvel of a mash-up — part novel, part memoir, part effort to reconnect with a dead parent who never uttered an “I love you” — has as many pain points as life lessons.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

At the center of each of those atoms lies the nucleus, a mash-up of even smaller particles called protons and neutrons.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland