Associations to the word «Medley»
Noun
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
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.