long-playing

[ lawng-pley-ing, long- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.

long-playing

adjective

1. of or relating to an LP (long-playing record)

Word History and Origins

Origin of long-playing¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

There was no activity but in and around the saloons, where people sat almost all day long playing cards.

From Project Gutenberg

I had not been very long playing spy, before I found out the lay of the land.

From Project Gutenberg