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Disco
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- 1 Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable
"Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life"
- 2 discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) US, informal
"You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco."
- 3 a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music wordnet
- 4 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. uncountable
"And black music became a hot commodity in the form of disco, its lyrics and rhythm laced with a palpable (even ethnic) amiguity, helping people dance and escape their concerns. Even the cry of “burn, baby, burn”, a popular chant during many a 1960s urban rebellion, was co-opted by the times, becoming the chorus for the 1977 dance hit “Disco Inferno.”"
- 5 discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) US, informal
"Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago."
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- 6 popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques wordnet
- 7 A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity. British, countable, uncountable
- 1 To dance disco-style dances. intransitive
"The cause of his ill health is left a little obscure, and no wonder, because shortly before his dreadful deathbed scene he's well enough to join the women in a wild night of disco dancing. You have not lived until you've seen Martin Landau discoing."
- 2 dance to disco music wordnet
- 3 To go to discotheques. intransitive
"Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting."
Etymology
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
Clipping of discovery.
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