disco
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koʊ noun
1.
2.
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.
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verb (used without object)
6.
to dance disco, especially at a discotheque.
Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; by shortening
1960–65, Americanism; by shortening
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World English Dictionary
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| —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 | |
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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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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
disco- or disc- or disci-
pref.
Disk: discoid.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| disco discotheque |
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Example sentences
The drugs were found hidden under a chair in the ship's disco, according to the news outlet.
The data were new and messy, but by the end of the disco decade it was clear that something was terribly wrong.
Downstairs, there is no camouflage in the disco area.
Red and yellow disco lights illuminated masked, shy faces.
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