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disco
(dis′kō)
☆
noun
- pl. discos a nightclub or public place for dancing to recorded music played by a disc jockey
- 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.
- disk-shaped; discoid
- phonograph record: discography
Origin: < L discus, discus
See disco in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. dis·cos
- A discotheque.
- 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.
To dance to disco music.
Origin:
Origin: Short for discotheque
.Related Forms:
- disˈco adjective
or disc- also disci-
prefix- Disk: discoid.
- Phonograph record: discophile.
Origin:
Origin: Latin
Origin: , from Greek disko-
Origin: , from diskos, disk; see disk
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