disco

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noun

dis·​co ˈdi-(ˌ)skō How to pronounce disco (audio)
plural discos
1
: a nightclub for dancing to live and recorded music
2
: popular dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythm, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds

disco

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verb

discoed; discoing; discos

intransitive verb

: to dance to disco music

disco-

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combining form

see disc-

Examples of disco in a Sentence

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Noun
Enter at 3535 Las Vegas Boulevard (The Linq resort) and step into cocktail bar 99 Prince, modeled after a New York City subway station from the ’70s, where so many disco nights began. Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024 Shop Heidi Gardner’s Open Door Heidi Gardner’s Kansas City home pays homage to midcentury style with dash of disco to match the SNL star’s bright energy. Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
In the Village People disco musical Can’t Stop the Music (1980), directed by Nancy Walker of Rhoda fame, Rush played the mother of Bruce Jenner’s character. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2024 Marlena Shaw, who cultivated a sultry stage presence and husky voice from the final echoes of the big-band era, to the go-go Playboy Clubs of the 1960s, to the rise of funk, to disco and finally to the modern cabaret circuit, died on Jan. 19. Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for disco 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

short for discotheque

First Known Use

Noun

1957, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of disco was in 1957

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“Disco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disco. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

disco

noun
dis·​co
ˈdis-kō
plural discos
: a nightclub for dancing to music

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