MIX-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mix-up mean? 

• MIX-UP (noun)
  The noun MIX-UP has 1 sense:

1. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another

  Familiarity information: MIX-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIX-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

confusion; mix-up

Context example:

he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw

Hypernyms ("mix-up" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

 Context examples 

You won’t want to get tangled up in Mercury’s mix-ups and miscommunications.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Next, after a seeming century or so, with Cheese-Face weakening fast, in a mix-up of blows there was a loud snap, and Martin's right arm dropped to his side.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was an awkward mix-up.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

No matter what important decision you may make, keep in mind that Mercury will go retrograde from February 16 to March 9, and you will feel the slowdowns in terms of delays, mix-ups, and communication difficulties as much as two weeks before you reach February 16.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This intellectual planet of communication and transportation has been causing you delays and mix-ups ever since he went retrograde February 16. (In truth you began to feel the slowdown as early as February 2, as it is common to feel Mercury’s approaching retrograde for up to two weeks before it officially turns.) Now, however, everything is finally moving forward, and very quickly, as if a big blast of wind flew in your window.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Since Mercury begins its characteristic slowdown far ahead of the onset of its official turnaround to retrograde, you might have started to see delays, postponements, problems with electronics and machines, misunderstandings, and other mix-ups as early as mid-October.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)