DJ
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DJ
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Djibouti since 1977.
- Synonyms: DJI (alpha-3 1977–present), AI (1974–1977, as the Afars and the Issas)
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DJ (plural DJs)
- (music) Abbreviation of disc jockey.
- 1982, Michael Cleveland (lyrics and music), “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life”, performed by Indeep:
- Last night a DJ saved my life / Last night a DJ saved my life from a broken heart
- 1986, Morrissey & Johnny Marr (lyrics and music), “Panic”, in The World Won’t Listen, performed by The Smiths:
- Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life
- 1999, “Three MC’s and One DJ”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:
- Three MC's and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay
- (clothing) Abbreviation of dinner jacket.
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person who selects and plays recorded music — see disc jockey
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DJ (third-person singular simple present DJs or DJ's, present participle DJing or DJ'ing, simple past and past participle DJed or DJ'd)
- To act as a DJ (disc jockey); to play, cut and mix/blend recorded music.
- 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan[1]:
- A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space.
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DJ
- (stock ticker symbol) Dow Jones & Company
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DJ
- disc jockey
- Synonyms: deejii, disc jockey, tiskijukka
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Declension of DJ (type maa)
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DJ m (strong, genitive DJs, plural DJs)
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Declension of DJ [masculine, strong]
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- “DJ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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- Abbreviation of ディスクジョッキー (disuku jokkī, “disc jockey”); a DJ
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Unadapted borrowing from English DJ.
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DJ m pers
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Declension of DJ
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Unadapted borrowing from English DJ.
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DJ m or f by sense (plural DJs)
- DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)
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DJ
- Abbreviation of Dolj, a county in Romania.
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DJ m or f by sense (plural DJ)
- DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)
- Synonyms: pinchadiscos, disyóquey
Further reading edit
- “DJ” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.