airplay

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noun

The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.

“Country music gets more airplay than heavy metal.”

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Meanings

nounairplay (usually uncountable, plural airplays)

plural airplays

  1. uncountableusuallyThe playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.

    Country music gets more airplay than heavy metal.

    1 more example

    During the summer of 1961, Gary U.S. Bonds—he had come up with that name for himself in the hopes that his songs would get more airplay if radio programmers and listeners mistakenly assumed he had a connection to United States Saving Bonds […]

    2008, Bob Greene, When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 108

Origin

From air + play.

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Translations

Māori tukurangi
  • tukurangiplaying on the radio
Cite this entry
APA

airplay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airplay

MLA

“airplay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airplay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airplay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airplay.

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