medley

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One of the legs of the medley is the butterfly, which Waugaman has been unable to practice after surgery on her right shoulder before last season.

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  1. noun 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).
  2. noun Music An arrangement made from a series of melodies, often from various sources.
  3. 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.

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  • But the medley was a charming one, nevertheless CHAPTER IV. —  Memoirs
  • One of the legs of the medley is the butterfly, which Waugaman has been unable to practice after surgery on her right shoulder before last season. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • I'm glad Carrie added Some Hearts instead of the medley, and people seem to really respond to that song as well. —  Carrie Underwood Fans
  • Their medley -- '' Ready or Not, '' '' Fu-Gee-La, '' and, of course, '' Killing Me Softly '' -- brought the house down. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • American Idol results show featuring a soul-crushing Beatles medley, they decided to trot out one of their own guilty pleasures, S Club 7's "Don't Stop Movin '," a "Billie Jean" - sampling dancefloor soufflé that was big across the pond back in 2001 but never made any impact at US radio. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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  1. Middle English medlee, from Anglo-Norman medlee, meddling, from past participle of medler, to meddle; see meddle.

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  1. Formerly also medly, medlie; from Middle English medlee, medle, from Old French medlee, meslee, meilee, mellee, French mélée (English mélée and melley) = Spanish mezcla = Portuguese mescla, a mixing, orig. feminine of medle, meslc, etc., past participle of medler, mesler, mix: see meddle and mell.
  2. from medley, n.
 

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