5 dictionary results for: mix up
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[miks] Pronunciation Key verb, mixed or mixt, mix·ing, noun
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[miks] Pronunciation Key verb, mixed or mixt, mix·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
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—Idiom
| 1. | to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents. |
| 2. | to put together indiscriminately or confusedly (often fol. by up). |
| 3. | to combine, unite, or join: to mix business and pleasure. |
| 4. | to add as an element or ingredient: Mix some salt into the flour. |
| 5. | to form or make by combining ingredients: to mix a cake; to mix mortar. |
| 6. | to crossbreed. |
| 7. | Movies.
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| 8. | to combine (two or more separate recordings or microphone signals) to make a single recording or composite signal. |
| 9. | to become mixed: a paint that mixes easily with water. |
| 10. | to associate or mingle, as in company: to mix with the other guests at a party. |
| 11. | to be crossbred, or of mixed breeding. |
| 12. | Boxing. to exchange blows vigorously and aggressively: The crowd jeered as the fighters clinched, refusing to mix. |
| 13. | an act or instance of mixing. |
| 14. | the result of mixing; mixture: cement mix; an odd mix of gaiety and sadness. |
| 15. | a commercially prepared blend of ingredients to which usually only a liquid must be added to make up the total of ingredients necessary or obtain the desired consistency: a cake mix; muffin mix. |
| 16. | mixer (def. 4). |
| 17. | the proportion of ingredients in a mixture; formula: a mix of two to one. |
| 18. | Informal. a mess or muddle; mix-up. |
| 19. | Music. an electronic blending of tracks or sounds made to produce a recording. |
| 20. | mix down, to mix the tracks of an existing recording to make a new recording with fewer tracks: the four-track tape was mixed down to stereo. |
| 21. | mix up,
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| 22. | mix it up, Slang.
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mix·a·ble, adjective
mix·a·bil·i·ty, mix·a·ble·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1, 9. commingle, jumble, unite, amalgamate, fuse. Mix, blend, combine, mingle concern the bringing of two or more things into more or less intimate association. Mix is the general word for such association: to mix fruit juices. Blend implies such a harmonious joining of two or more types of colors, feelings, etc., that the new product formed displays some of the qualities of each: to blend fragrances or whiskeys. Combine implies such a close or intimate union that distinction between the parts is lost: to combine forces. Mingle usually suggests retained identity of the parts: to mingle voices. 9. coalesce. 14. concoction; formula.
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mix-up
[miks-uhp] Pronunciation Key
[miks-uhp] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a confused state of things; muddle; tangle. |
| 2. | a fight. |
[Origin: 1835–45; n. use of v. phrase mix up
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mix
(mĭks) Pronunciation Key
v. mixed, mix·ing, mix·es v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
Phrasal Verb(s): mix down Electronics To combine all of the audio components of a recording into a final soundtrack or mix. mix up
Idiom(s): mix it up Slang To fight. [Back-formation from Middle English mixt, mixed, mixed, from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.] mix'a·ble adj. Synonyms: These verbs mean to put into or come together in one mass so that constituent parts or elements are diffused or commingled. Mix is the least specific: The cook mixed eggs, flour, and sugar. Greed and charity don't mix. |
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| mix up | |
verb | |
| 1. | assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble] |
| 2. | cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her" [syn: stump] |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
mix up
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Confuse, confound, as in His explanation just mixed me up even more, or I always mix up the twins. [c. 1800]
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Involve or implicate. This usage is usually put in the passive, as in He got mixed up with the wrong crowd. [Mid-1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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