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disco - 6 dictionary results

dis⋅co

  [dis-koh] noun, plural -cos, adjective, verb
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–noun
1. discotheque.
2. a style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded and with complex electronic instrumentation, in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat.
3. any of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to a disco or disco music.
5. intended for a disco or its patrons.
–verb (used without object)
6. to dance disco, esp. at a discotheque.
Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; by shortening

disco-

 
1. a combining form representing disk or disc in compound words: discifloral.
2. a combining form meaning “phonograph record”, used in the formation of compound words: discography.
Also, disci-; especially before a vowel, disc-.

dis⋅co⋅theque

  [dis-kuh-tek, dis-kuh-tek]
–noun
a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
Also, dis⋅co⋅thèque.
Also called disco.

Origin:
1950–55; < F discothèque. See disc, -o-, theca
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dis·co   (dĭs'kō)   
n.   pl. dis·cos
  1. A discotheque.
    1. Popular dance music, especially of the late 1970s, characterized by strong repetitive bass rhythms.
    2. A style of dancing usually done to disco music.
intr.v.   dis·coed, dis·co·ing, dis·cos
To dance to disco music.

[Short for discotheque.]
dis'co adj.
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disco 
1964, Amer.Eng. shortening of discotheque; sense extended 1975 to the kind of music played there.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : disco
Spanish: discoteca, discodiscoteca, disco,
Italian: discoteca,
Japanese:
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