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mashup

Syllables: mash·up/ˈmæʃˌʌp/

mashup noun: an artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres.

Noun

mashup (plural mashups)

  1. (informal, slang) An artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres.
    • What's tiresome about Anna, though, is that it's such an obvious mashup of other movies, moving from homage right into ripoff.2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2019
  2. (informal, slang) A remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music.
    • Rock, Hip-Hop, Country, Hardcore — all of it pales in comparison to this genre, one genre to rule them all: Soundclown. How do I describe this sound? Do I say, “it’s weird mashups”? No. Because that wouldn’t be accurate enough. Should I tell you it “blends of funny and popular songs, with the...2016 May 23, Isabelle Hellyer, “Here are 9 of the Best and Most Upsetting Soundclowns we Could Find”, in VICE, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2025
  3. (informal, slang) A derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of (generally digital) media joined together, such as a video clip with a different soundtrack applied for humorous effect, or a map overlaid with user-supplied data.
  4. (Internet, informal) A Web application that combines data or functionality from more than one source.
    • This app is a mashup mixing news from the BBC and maps from Google.

Forms of mashup

pluralmashups
alternative formmash-up

Origin of mashup

From mash (“to convert into a mash; to mix thoroughly”) + up.

Questions about mashup

What does mashup mean?
Mashup means an artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres.
What part of speech is mashup?
Mashup is a noun.
How do you pronounce mashup?
Mashup is pronounced /ˈmæʃˌʌp/ (UK).
What is the plural of mashup?
The plural of mashup is mashups.

Words near mashup in the dictionary

  1. mashugana
  2. mashuganas
  3. mashuganuh
  4. Mashujaa Day
  5. mashuku
  6. mashup
  7. mashups
  8. mashwa
  9. mashwas
  10. mashwort
  11. mashy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mashup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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