airplay
airplay noun: the playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
Noun
airplay (usually uncountable, plural airplays)
- The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
- Country music gets more airplay than heavy metal.
- During the summer of 1961, Gary U.S. Bonds—he had come up with that name for himself in the hopes that his songs would get more airplay if radio programmers and listeners mistakenly assumed he had a connection to United States Saving Bonds […]2008, Bob Greene, When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 108
Forms of airplay
| plural | airplays |
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Origin of airplay
From air + play.
Questions about airplay
- What does airplay mean?
- Airplay means the playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
- What part of speech is airplay?
- Airplay is a noun.
- What is the plural of airplay?
- The plural of airplay is airplays.
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