DJ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does DJ mean? 

• DJ (noun)
  The noun DJ has 1 sense:

1. a person who announces and plays popular recorded music

  Familiarity information: DJ used as a noun is very rare.

• DJ (verb)
  The verb DJ has 1 sense:

1. comment on music to be played

  Familiarity information: DJ used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DJ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who announces and plays popular recorded music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

d.j.; disc jockey; disk jockey; DJ

Hypernyms ("DJ" is a kind of...):

broadcaster (someone who broadcasts on radio or television)

Derivation:

DJ (comment on music to be played)

• DJ (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comment on music to be played

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

disc-jockey; disk-jockey; DJ

Context example:

He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend

Hypernyms (to "DJ" is one way to...):

comment (explain or interpret something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

DJ (a person who announces and plays popular recorded music)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes protein DJ-1, is involved in the negative regulation of apoptosis.

(PARK7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)