turntable UK /ˈtɜːnteɪb(ə)l/US /ˈtɝnˌteɪbəl/noun 4verb 3forms 3 noun4 •A circular rotating platform. •The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension), a record player.I am also impressed with the good sound quality of the record. It is suitable for radio play, perhaps theater and film scores, as well as for the home turntable. — 1979 •A rotating platform placed in a circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks.Of locomotive interest was "an engine house for spare engines which was about 60 ft. × 51 ft.; on the outside of this was an immense turntable sufficient to turn the engine and tender at once." — 1944 •A circular platform allowing a board game to be rotated to face each player. verb3 •To play (a record) using a turntable.Rik Shaw of Deadly Dragon Soundsystem continues his weekly residency by turntabling the rudest Jamaican dance records ever pressed. — 2006 •To manipulate sound using turntables; to perform turntablism; to scratchWe particularly like hovering next to DJ Sid Wilson and seeing how he spends the large chunks of time where he's not turntabling. — 2017 •To rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable."Pass the loco weed," I say to a middle-aged redhead turntabling naked in the middle of the floor, no doubt wondering why her red go-go boots are nailed over the fireplace. — 2006 formsturntabled · turntabling · turntables
