Disc Jockey Definition

noun

DJ.

Webster's New World
An announcer who presents and comments on popular recorded music, especially on the radio.
American Heritage
A turntablist.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Disc Jockey

Noun

Singular:
disc jockey
Plural:
disc-jockeys

Origin of Disc Jockey

  • Previously also called record man, as in Philip Hamburger, Comment, “Comment,” The New Yorker, August 17, 1946, p. 14.

    From Wiktionary

  • Coined in 1935 by Walter Winchell to describe Martin Block. Appeared in print in Variety in 1941.

    From Wiktionary

  • disc + jockey

    From Wiktionary

Disc Jockey Sentence Examples

  • You could hire a disc jockey for your party.

  • Ricky Gervais moved on to radio work, where he worked as a disc jockey for London's XFM Radio.

  • Winer discussed the enclosure concept with MTV disc jockey Adam Curry and demonstrated its use by enclosing a Grateful Dead song in his weblog.

  • WiseGeek provides an overview of what you need to succeed as a radio disc jockey.

  • Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio is from Johnston, Rhode Island and is a popular Disc Jockey from that town.

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