to DJ
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- verb
- /diːˈdʒeɪ/
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hacer de DJ
- My friend will DJ at the wedding reception, mixing everyone's favorite songs.
You're making an assumption around what it means to be a DJ or to pursue DJ ING.
- You're making an assumption around what it means to be a DJ or to pursue DJ ING.
- He's fantastic, has a DJ booth in his house and he's been teaching me how to DJ.
- And, and I, the other thing I do for fun is I DJ.
- What if I DJ Stevie J in Miami?
- Do I stop DJ ING or or keep DJ ING and doing this?
- Whether it's like DJ ING, whether it's producing writing.
- Music, DJ ING, playing a tune that makes you gassed.
Examples
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My experience with small kids isn't very consistent, but I did just run into some small boys (4-7) at an event I was DJing last night.
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She asked me to DJ, so naturally I built this little thing.
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I only DJ my own music.
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I was DJing just a couple days a week.
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Apart from all the blogging, we DJ quite a lot.
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I have been DJing on Second Life for 5 and a half years and in real life off and on for a long time.
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We DJ ecstatic dance circles sometimes, though.
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The Fed is DJing the hottest dance party ever, and everyone is getting down.
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I have been DJing for quite some time and have traveled around the world playing in front of massive crowds as well as tiny intimate clubs.
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Elisa: I scouted her at a gig she was DJing at The Royalton on Tuesday nights, during which she was playing the most iconic rock.
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Synonyms
To choose and play music for a live audience while talking between songs
Surface Forms
Morphology
DJ = DJ (semi-transparent) = D + J
The verb is a straightforward zero-derivation from the noun 'DJ', meaning to perform the role of a DJ. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]
Etymology
To DJ as a verb comes from disc 'record' and jockey 'rider', so to DJ is to guide, mix and play recorded songs for people to hear.