Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A discotheque.
- noun Popular dance music, popularized in the late 1970s, characterized by strong repetitive bass rhythms.
- noun A style of dancing usually done to disco music.
- intransitive verb To dance to disco music.
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- noun countable, slightly dated A short form of
discotheque , a place fordancing . - noun uncountable A type of
music popular indiscotheques . - verb intransitive To dance disco-style dances.
- verb intransitive To go to discotheques.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
- noun popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
- verb dance to disco music
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The people who streamlined the word disco for what would prove to be its eventual adoption on a global scale would prefer to hit a disco to dance the night away.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The people who streamlined the word disco for what would prove to be its eventual adoption on a global scale would prefer to hit a disco to dance the night away.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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(A note to younger readers: The term disco-ing means - oh, never mind.)
NYT > Technology 2009
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(A note to younger readers: The term disco-ing means - oh, never mind.)
NYT > Technology 2009
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There is no ideal translation for the word "disco" in this circumstance.
What sign-language interpreters make of the likes of Lady Gaga and Bon Jovi 2011
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Baby loves disco is an afternoon dance party featuring real music spun and mixed by real djs blending classic disco tunes From the 70s, & 80s guaranteed to get those little booties moving and grooving.
Family 2009
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Can you even learn how to roller disco from a book?
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Like Madonna, Lady Gaga's music is yet another rehash of the kind of dance music that was called disco in the 1970s and was given other labels in the intervening decades.
Marshall Fine: Annals of the Overrated: Lady Gaga and The Tree of Life Marshall Fine 2011
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The rest of the complex, including the Dance Annex bar, their main disco, appeared only moderately busy that night, as opposed to the barely-able-to-move crowd of the mid-1990's.
Gay 90's: Sold drewan 2008
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It even comes with a wacka-chicka end-title disco version.
whichbe commented on the word disco
In Latin, the word "disco" means "I learn."
May 7, 2008