Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mix up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables: mix up
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.

Transitive verb

verb

To combine thoroughly.

Intransitive verb

verb

To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.

Transitive verb

verb

To confuse or reverse.

Transitive verb

verb

To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.

Transitive verb

verb

noun

A mix, blend, or variety.

noun

A confusion or reversal.

Example Sentences

"She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil."
"All the smells of the food had mixed up together."
"She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil."
"The picture of their life that follows suggests in a few words a country kitchen—the sizzling of fish over the charcoal fire, fanned by the bellows to a hot flame, the mixing up of a Thasian sauce for the fish, the kneading of dough."
"I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map."
"I always mix up Jack with Jake."

Usage

Inflected Forms

mixes up (present, singular) mixing up (participle, present) mixed up (participle, past) mixed up (past) mix ups (plural) mix-up (alternative) mixup (alternative)

Phrases

in the mix mix it up

Frequently Paired Words

in the mix mix it up

Synonyms

scramble jumble addle baffle vex lose embroil stick stump baffound bamboozle bedevil

Questions

What does mix up mean?: To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.

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