Associations to the word «Medley»

Wiktionary

MEDLEY, noun. (now rare) (archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle. [from 14thc.]
MEDLEY, noun. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17thc.]
MEDLEY, noun. (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]
MEDLEY, noun. (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]
MEDLEY, noun. A cloth of mixed colours.
MEDLEY, verb. (music) To combine, to form a medley.

Dictionary definition

MEDLEY, noun. A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King