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disco

[dis-koh]

Origin

noun

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.

any of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.

adjective

of or pertaining to a disco or disco music.

intended for a disco or its patrons.

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verb (used without object)

to dance disco, especially at a discotheque.

Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; by shortening

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a combining form representing disk or disc in compound words: discifloral.

a combining form meaning “phonograph record”, used in the formation of compound words: discography.

Also, disci-; especially before a vowel, disc-.

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World English Dictionary

disco (ˈdɪskəʊ)

—n , pl -cos
1.	a. an occasion at which typically young people dance to amplified pop records, usually compered by a disc jockey and featuring special lighting effects
	b. (as modifier): disco dancing
2.	a nightclub or other public place where such dances take place
3.	mobile equipment, usually accompanied by a disc jockey who operates it, for providing music for a disco
4.	a. a type of dance music designed to be played in discos, with a solid thump on each beat
	b. (as modifier): a disco record

[C20: shortened from discotheque]

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

disco

1964, Amer.Eng. shortening of discotheque; sense extended 1975 to the kind of music played there.

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Medical Dictionary

disco- or disc- or disci-
pref.
Disk: discoid.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

disco
discotheque