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disk ​jockeys

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a person who introduces and plays recorded music (especially popular music) on a show (such as a radio program) //Pervis Spann … was the voice for Black Chicago during his transformative tenure as a disc jockey and owner at WVON. — The Chicago Tribune //Each Sunday, a zany Los Angeles disk jockey who calls himself Dr. Demento inflicts four live hours of … tunes on the listeners of L.A.'s KMET radio station. — Betsy Carter and Peter S. Greenberg

    — called also deejay, DJ

  • an entertainer who plays and often manipulates recorded music (as by combining tracks or adding effects) for dancing at a night club or party //The duo also hired a disc jockey … who has spun at the club nearly every Friday night … — Brittanie Shey
    also someone who makes music (as through turntablism, sampling, etc.) that is often sung or rapped over //Having observed the rise of legendary disc jockeys like Grandmaster Flash and Kool DJ Red Alert firsthand, he [DJ Kay Slay] was inspired to try out the discipline himself. — Nina Corcoran and Jazz Monroe //… the group [Run-DMC] that would be more responsible than any other for spreading the idea that one person—a disc jockey—could provide the entire musical backdrop for a song. — Tim Molloy //Come nightfall, [NFL linebacker Von] Miller works on his disc jocke