Definition of DISCO

disco

Plural: discos

Noun

  • popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
  • a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
  • Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
  • 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.
  • A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
  • discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
  • discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)

Verb

Verb Forms: discoed, discoing, discos

  • To dance at a discotheque, often to disco music.
  • dance to disco music
  • To dance disco-style dances.
  • To go to discotheques.

Examples

  • After winning the game, he felt like discoing all night long.
  • Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.
  • You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.

Origin / Etymology

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

Synonyms

disco music, discotheque, club, nightclub

Scrabble Score: 8

disco: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
disco: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disco: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

disco: valid Words With Friends Word