D.J.
abbreviation
Also DJ, d.j. disc jockey.
D.J.
American
DJ
1
British
abbreviation
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disc jockey
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dinner jacket
dj
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of D.J.
D.J. ( def. 3 ) from Latin Doctor Jūris
Example Sentences
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If that appeal fails, the case will proceed to trial at the Baker County courthouse in Macclenny, just a few miles from where D.J.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Your daughter could be marrying Hannibal Lecter and if the D.J. at the wedding played “September” you’d still get up and dance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
As a kid growing up in Windsor, Ontario, just across the river from Detroit, D.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
“It’s been a climb. Probably didn’t look very good a while ago,” said Kings interim coach D.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Many chemists contributed to the establishment of such a periodicity, the greatest advances being made by John Newlands in England, Lothar Meyer in Germany, and D.J.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Holly Lester, a music producer and DJ, argues the legislation has stunted Northern Ireland’s dance-music scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“One thing that separates him from a lot of other leaders ... he’s the same person, each and every day, consistently great at everything he does,” said reserve quarterback DJ Uiagalelei.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
But after retirement counseling, he took a course at the New York Film Academy and has since written a screenplay—a romantic comedy set at the intersection of an underground DJ scene and the legal world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Barrio Athletics had planned to start and end their run in tiny Leimert Plaza Park while also setting up a DJ and smoothie stand there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
They must have gone to a party and while the DJ was spinning records, they fell in love.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
It will come with a license key for rekordbox dj, worth $129.
From The Verge ● Jan. 16, 2018
I keep waiting for a clever dj to set Donald Trump's reading of "The Snake" to music.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2016
And as dj wrote, Dexter seemed pretty careless about making sure that Hannah was in fact safe while gallivanting around the Kashka steamship with Isaak.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2012
I admit the conflation is a bit jarring, dj.
From Forbes ● May 23, 2011
In this system of transcription j = y; tj = ch; dj = j; sj = sh; w = v; oe = u.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
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