Definitions

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  • noun A circular piece of slippery material used by turntable disk jockeys instead of the traditional rubber mat, allowing a record to be manipulated while the platter continues to rotate underneath.

Etymologies

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slip +‎ mat

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Examples

  • I did this all on my slipmat so that I could easily transfer the finished cake onto a cooking sheet for a second rise.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • I did this all on my slipmat so that I could easily transfer the finished cake onto a cooking sheet for a second rise.

    Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • Includes felt slipmat, 45-rpm adapter, line level RCA cables, USB cable and recording software on CD-ROM.

    August 2006 - Fareastgizmos.com 2006

  • There are plenty of haters here at EM411 and over at Hack A Day it looks like you 'scratch' by moving the entire platter, not the slipmat but - as one pundit says - " i don't see you n00bs hacking anything"

    Slightly crappy mouse-into-turntable hack 2005

  • The white vinyl looks and sounds great and for those of us quick enough to be among the first 500 to order it, it came with a TMV slipmat.

    Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life 2009

  • Includes felt slipmat, 45-rpm adapter, line level RCA cables, USB cable and recording software on CD-ROM.

    Fred's Head from APH 2008

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