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disc jockeys

disc jockeys is the plural of disc jockey.

Meaning of disc jockey

Noun

disc jockey (plural disc jockeys)

  1. A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.
    • The disc jockey played brilliant music at the party.
  2. (dated) A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc.
    • The show he produced first aired on WJMR, a white-owned New Orleans radio station. The show's disc jockey used the name “Poppa Stoppa” and played what would then be called “race music,” the term given to any music produced by African American artists.2014, Dominic Massa, New Orleans Radio, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 107

Questions about disc jockeys

What is disc jockeys the plural of?
Disc jockeys is the plural of disc jockey.

Words near disc jockeys in the dictionary

  1. disc harrows
  2. disc horse
  3. disc image
  4. disc images
  5. disc jockey
  6. disc jockeys
  7. disc number
  8. disc numbers
  9. disc of confusion
  10. disc owl
  11. disc owls

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