record player

noun

1. phonograph.

record player

noun

1. a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record, consisting of a turntable, usually electrically driven, that rotates the record at a fixed speed of 33, 45, or (esp formerly) 78 revolutions a minute. A stylus vibrates in accordance with undulations in the groove in the record: these vibrations are converted into electric currents, which, after amplification, are recreated in the form of sound by one or more loudspeakers See also monophonic quadraphonics stereophonic

Word History and Origins

Origin of record player¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Every morning he would wake up, spin around to the record player at the side of his bed, neatly arrange lines of cocaine on the turntable, and snort.

From Washington Post

There’s a guitar with three strings and a vintage Fisher-Price record player.

From Washington Post

Adjacent to the bikes was a shelf displaying his bourbon collection—Dan hosts a podcast about whiskey, which he also records in his garage—and on the other side sat a record player and a stack of vinyl.

From Outside Online

Winston already knew something was up because the table was set, the candles were lit, the kitchen smelled good, and Craig, my husband, was cuing up Ella Fitzgerald on the record player.

From Washington Post

They also both happen to be from “Company,” the remarkable show that for a kid from New Jersey, listening to show tunes on his record player, sealed a lifelong obsession with the now 90-year-old composer-lyricist.

From Washington Post

There was a portable record player in the foreground and a low table with snacks and drinks, and two other people were with him.

From Project Gutenberg

The recorded voice ceased; for a moment the record player hummed voicelessly.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes; so I learned, at the time they brought the record player, that she had gone to New Orleans.

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And until the time that Mike came over and delivered the record player.

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I think Mike was the one who brought the record player, and I don't remember the circumstances on that, but I believe it was he.

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