Used in a Sentence

deejay

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for deejay.

Editorial note

But now imagine you're a sixteen year old deejay with big ambitions and you want a name people can remember you by.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A disc jockey.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of deejay gathered in one view.

noun

A disc jockey.

verb

To perform as a disc jockey.

verb

To play music as a disc jockey.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deejay.

noun

A disc jockey.

verb

To perform as a disc jockey.

verb

To play music as a disc jockey.

Example sentences

1

But now imagine you're a sixteen year old deejay with big ambitions and you want a name people can remember you by.

2

It's the compound words (deejay, emcee, okay) representing multiple letters that are rare.

3

The only others I can think of are deejay (disk jockey) and emcee (master of ceremonies).

4

As Ms Deejay says, do you think you're better off alone?

5

I only got it to being on stage as an assistant professor, and a deejay.

6

There are plenty of people that are bobsleigh racer butcher quantum physicist night club deejay art critics applying for C# financial database platform architect roles.

7

Some years back, I was on a jobsite where radios were allowed, and we rotated through the crew, everyone playing deejay for a day, so everyone's taste got represented.

8

I don't really mind this, it's an open secret that discourse on HN is deejay'd behind the scenes by the mod team and I think it helps set this site above all the rest.

9

One wants to be a video game designer when they grow up, one wants to be a musician and deejay like Tiesto, and I'm tickled that I get to share the things I learn with them.

10

And some of it is the kid who's just discovering Elvis and doing an hour of Elvis every Friday night, and yeah I've heard the songs before, but the deejay's enthusiasm is really what I'm here for.

11

You can imagine my astonishment when someone I know, a deejay and producer, came to me several months ago, at a club, with the very unexpected answer of 'how to run more Ubuntus on one box'?!

12

Found a small bug: Was searching for cs + kreme records (cs and kreme) clicked to check for stock on hhv, hardwax, deejay.de and juno Juno showed expected search results - actual page of the record; hardwax was queried for the label name - total stasis - ok; hhv showed completely irrelevant results although they do not have that record in stock at all; deejay.de query was malformed.

Quote examples

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Big Beat like The Crystal Method and Prodigy had made some waves, and of course there was Moby, but outside of my raver friends and a brief attempt to get eurodance (like Alice Deejay) on Top 40 radio by the local media conglomerates, "techno" was pretty niche.

2

Open plan offices with a deejay booth and free beer are the exact opposite, working class “perks” specifically meant to endow the workplace with an overwhelming infantile culture that ingrains the idea that you are compensated with hedonistic fun times and not with money, status, experience-building projects, or respect.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use deejay in a sentence?

But now imagine you're a sixteen year old deejay with big ambitions and you want a name people can remember you by.

What does deejay mean?

A disc jockey.

What part of speech is deejay?

deejay is commonly used as noun, verb.