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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•co /ˈdɪskoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -cos, v. n. - Music and Dance a discotheque:[countable]dancing at a disco all night.
- Music and Dance[uncountable] a style of popular dance music with electronic instrumentation and a heavy, rhythmic beat.
v. [no object] - Music and Danceto dance to disco:discoing all night.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•co (dis′kō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cos, adj., v. n. - Music and Dancediscotheque.
- Music and Dancea style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded and with complex electronic instrumentation, in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat.
- Music and Danceany of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.
adj. - Music and Danceof or pertaining to a disco or disco music.
- Music and Danceintended for a disco or its patrons.
v.i. - Music and Danceto dance disco, esp. at a discotheque.
- by shortening 1960–65, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: disco /ˈdɪskəʊ/ n ( pl -cos)- an occasion at which typically young people dance to amplified pop records, usually compered by a disc jockey and featuring special lighting effects
- (as modifier): disco dancing
- a nightclub or other public place where such dances take place
- mobile equipment, usually accompanied by a disc jockey who operates it, for providing music for a disco
Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from discotheque |