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disk jockey

disk jockey is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of disk jockey

pluraldisk jockeys

Questions about disk jockey

What is disk jockey the alternative spelling of?
Disk jockey is the alternative spelling of disc jockey.

Words near disk jockey in the dictionary

  1. disk drive
  2. disk drives
  3. disk horse
  4. disk image
  5. disk images
  6. disk jockey
  7. disk jockeys
  8. disk of confusion
  9. disk on key
  10. disk operating system
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