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
“You just have to win one, that’s first off. And then the hardest one will be the next one,” Kings interim coach D.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
As a kid growing up in Windsor, Ontario, just across the river from Detroit, D.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Accordingly a letter was forwarded to Mr. D.J.
From Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
A picture of Kemi Badenoch behind DJ decks at the Tory conference is splashed across the front page of the Daily Telegraph.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The LinkedIn and Spotify party was pegged to a new album by Summit, a popular EDM DJ who provided an unusual way to connect electronic music and corporate life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
In Reneé Rapp–esque wire-framed glasses, he no longer looked like the youngest billionaire in recent history but rather a precariously employed part-time DJ with a menthol-cigarette problem.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
A live DJ plays a mix of hip-hop, pop and other high-energy genres as a host hypes up the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
A different band gets to DJ every morning.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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
See j. dj, as j in judge. tc, as ch in church.
From Siouan Sociology by James Owen Dorsey
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