Disco

Word DISCO
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈdɪskəʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Disco"

What do we mean by disco?

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. noun

To dance to disco music. intransitive verb

A short form of discotheque, a place for dancing. noun

A type of music popular in discotheques. noun

To dance disco-style dances. verb

To go to discotheques. verb

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 noun

Dance to disco music verb

A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.

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The word "disco" in example sentences

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. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

(A note to younger readers: The term disco-ing means - oh, never mind.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is no ideal translation for the word "disco" in this circumstance. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Can you even learn how to roller disco from a book? ❋ Unknown (2010)

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 (2011)

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. ❋ Drewan (2008)

It even comes with a wacka-chicka end-title disco version. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The record really is solid throughout, and feels quite versatile: there are songs here that could work great in disco or minimal techno mixes, and the album as a whole makes for great headphone listening, or great after-hours comedown listening. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Comments (7) pete: holy crap! ok italo disco is a guilty pleasure of mine, and the opening track blows me away! thanks for finding this!!!!! and your 100% right, this mix is hot! ❋ Unknown (2006)

According to Donald Clarke, author of the Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the modern use of the word disco originates from the French word "discotheque," which means "record library" in French. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I recently began writing a Web log, or blog (under protest: starting a blog at this late stage feels a little like developing an interest in disco music in 1980) ... ❋ KaneCitizen (2005)

After engaging in some more inappropriate joking (“A disco is the one place you can hustle and not get arrested!”), they introduce their “special guest star” Florence Henderson. ❋ Unknown (2003)

You know, we didn't go to -- just people started using the word disco, it was kind of alien to us. ❋ Unknown (2003)

R. GIBB: And we had never even heard of the word disco until the media. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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