deejayingn.
/ˈdiːˌdʒeɪɪŋ/, /ˌdiːˈdʒeɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdiˌdʒeɪɪŋ/ The action or practice of working or performing as a DJ; = DJing n.
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1949 Broadcasting/Telecasting 24 Jan. 73/2 (advt.) Short but varied announcing experience. Want better opportunity in east or Florida. Must include deejaying.
1963 Billboard 25 May 48/3 What are they doing for a living today? Really, the life expectancy of deejaying is a mighty limited one.
1979 Washington Post 8 Sept. c1/4 A friend with a campus rhythm-and-blues radio show introduced him to deejaying.
1986 J. Bones in D. Sutcliffe & A. Wong Lang. Black Experience i. iv. 66 Reggae music, and especially the deejaying aspect of the music, has established itself..as the principal transmitter of the Jamaican language.
1998 Chicago Tribune 15 Mar. vii. 4/5 For a time in the early '90s, the Hacienda in Manchester, England, was the most famous dance club in the world, in no small part because of the visionary deejaying of Paul Oakenfold.
2005 Riddim No. 1. 40/2 Yuh see, in those days I never see it (deejaying) as a career. I check it as a rude bwoy t'ing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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