disco

(dis)

noun

  1. pl. discos a nightclub or public place for dancing to recorded music played by a disc jockey
  2. a kind of popular dance music with elements of soul music, a strong Latin American beat, and simple and repetitious lyrics, usually accompanied by pulsating lights, etc.

Origin: shortened < discothèque

adjective

of discos, the music played there, etc.

intransitive verb discoed, discoing

to dance at a disco

  1. disk-shaped; discoid
  2. phonograph record: discography

Origin: < L discus, discus

See disco in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. dis·cos
  1. A discotheque.
  2. a. Popular dance music, especially of the late 1970s, characterized by strong repetitive bass rhythms.
    b. A style of dancing usually done to disco music.
intransitive verb dis·coed, dis·co·ing, dis·cos
To dance to disco music.

Origin:

Origin: Short for discotheque

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Related Forms:

  • disˈco adjective

or disc- also disci-

prefix
  1. Disk: discoid.
  2. Phonograph record: discophile.

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: , from Greek disko-

Origin: , from diskos, disk; see disk

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