"deejay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdiːdʒeɪ/ [UK] Forms: deejays [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdʒeɪ Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of the abbreviation DJ. Etymology templates: {{m|en|DJ}} DJ Head templates: {{en-noun}} deejay (plural deejays)
  1. A disc jockey. Categories (topical): Musicians
    Sense id: en-deejay-en-noun-hd69aoWK Disambiguation of Musicians: 40 30 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: DJ

Verb

IPA: /ˈdiːdʒeɪ/ [UK] Forms: deejays [present, singular, third-person], deejaying [participle, present], deejayed [participle, past], deejayed [past]
Rhymes: -iːdʒeɪ Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of the abbreviation DJ. Etymology templates: {{m|en|DJ}} DJ Head templates: {{en-verb}} deejay (third-person singular simple present deejays, present participle deejaying, simple past and past participle deejayed)
  1. To perform as a disc jockey.
    Sense id: en-deejay-en-verb-PXYAHRrK
  2. To play music as a disc jockey. Translations (to play music as a disc jockey): mixer (French), pinchar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deejay-en-verb-6YIdw0k9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 29 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 20 59 Disambiguation of 'to play music as a disc jockey': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: DJ

Inflected forms

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