disc jockey

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noun

a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.

a person who selects, plays, and announces records at a discotheque.

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Origin of disc jockey

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Words nearby disc jockey

disciplinarian, disciplinary, discipline, disciplined, discission, disc jockey, disclaim, disclaimer, disclamation, disclimax, disclose

How to use disc jockey in a sentence

What these super-compact styles can’t replicate is the experience of the best over-ear headphones that make you feel like an old-school disc jockey and offer an actually enveloping listening experience.
Pioneer DJ HDJ-CUE1BT review: Pro features for regular life|Quinn Gawronski|September 16, 2021|Popular-Science
And my father is a jockey so when I saw his picture I knew it was a grandstand at a racetrack.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My mother died when I was three months old in a car accident, and my dad being a jockey, he gave me to his parents to raise.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the Jockey ad, half of Jim Palmer's princely, brooding face is fully lighted, the other half is masked in shadow.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His one stipulation before okaying a poster of his Jockey ad, for example, was that all proceeds go to cystic fibrosis.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Palmer turned out to be so dependable in his public appearances that Jockey was shocked.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A very slight movement of the armature disc J, therefore, suffices to open to the full extent two long exhaust passages.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The movement of this disc is reduced to something less than the 1/100 part of an inch.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The moon had risen over the lake and the water now only showed broken reflections of its disc.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
If by chance the sun's disc becomes visible during the day, it appears devoid of rays, as if seen through colored glasses.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
He never threw away an inch, and his way of stealing foot by foot was worthy of any jockey.
The Chequers|James Runciman

British Dictionary definitions for disc jockey

disc jockey

noun

a person who announces and plays recorded music, esp pop music, on a radio programme, etcAbbreviation: DJ, dj

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disc jockey

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Origin of disc jockey

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