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DJ

An abbreviation of "disc jockey," one who selects and plays music for the public, as on a radio station or at a party or event. Man, this DJ is terrible—no one is dancing. I love that DJ's radio show—she always plays the best music.

disk jockey

and deejay and disc jockey and DJ

n. a radio announcer who introduces music from phonograph records. (see also veejay.) The disk jockey couldn’t pronounce the name of the singing group.

DJ

verb

See disk jockey

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Meanwhile, the disco scenes, and perhaps most especially the group shot Club Versailles, 1974, recapture the heyday of Manhattan's DJ'ed private dance parties, when people of all races and sexual orientations gathered in abandoned midtown warehouses for all-night revelry.

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I DJ'ed and with the help of DJ Ollie got some of the kids up singing and dancing around.

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Later in the week I DJ'ed at a special 40th birthday bash for Lisa Doyne.

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A veritable Jack of many trades (he's engineered tracks for the early drum and bass producers, he's sung in a band, DJ'ed for The Prodigy and re-mixed for the likes of U2 and the Manics), Jon has spearheaded plenty of projects, and seems determined not to get pinned down into any one genre.