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disco

1

[ dis-koh ]

noun

, plural dis·cos.
  1. 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.
  2. any of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a disco or disco music.
  2. intended for a disco or its patrons.

verb (used without object)

, dis·coed, dis·co·ing.
  1. to dance disco, especially at a discotheque.

disco-

2
  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.

disco

/ ˈdɪskəʊ /

noun

    1. an occasion at which typically young people dance to amplified pop records, usually compered by a disc jockey and featuring special lighting effects
    2. ( as modifier )

      disco dancing

  1. a nightclub or other public place where such dances take place
  2. mobile equipment, usually accompanied by a disc jockey who operates it, for providing music for a disco
    1. a type of dance music designed to be played in discos, with a solid thump on each beat
    2. ( as modifier )

      a disco record



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Word History and Origins

Origin of disco1

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; by shortening

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disco1

C20: shortened from discotheque

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Example Sentences

The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.

Disco was dead and heavy metal was born—and so was Taylor Swift.

For young white men at Comiskey Park, that target was disco music.

How could anyone think that their dislike of the Bee Gees made anything about Disco Demolition Night acceptable?

Just look at the rhetoric used by angry 1970s rock fans to bash disco.

These were a cause of great joy, and when Disco was reached, and some coal procured, the explorers felt almost at home.

The men continued to grumble and deceive themselves with the idea of soon getting to Disco, "where rum and tobacco were plenty."

We can see the Greenland coast plainly and to-day, the 29th, we raised and passed Disco Island.

Rima sulco rhombeo circumscripta, disco decussatim vix manifeste striato.

Disco had an easy way of changing a subject when he felt that he was getting out of his depth.

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