Definition of "medley" []

• An often jumbled assortment; a mixture: "That night he dreamed he was traveling in a foreign country, only it seemed to be a medley of all the countries he'd ever been to and even some he hadn't” ( Anne Tyler). (noun)
• Music An arrangement made from a series of melodies, often from various sources. (noun)
• Sports An event in competitive swimming in which backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle are swum in equal distances by an individual or as divisions of a relay race. (noun)

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• "Beck did this so often that comedian Lewis Black strung them together on The Daily Show in what he called a medley of Beck's "Hitler Tourette's Syndrome.""
• "The Daily Show in what he called a medley of Beck's "Hitler Tourette's Syndrome.""
• "Beyoncé's medley is shaping up as a monster production number."