disco

Pluraldiscos (some meanings)

Formsdiscos, discoing, discoed

1. 1
   1970s musicnoununcountable

   A kind of dance music, popular in the 1970s, with a steady thumping beat, strings and a strong bass line.

   My parents still dance to disco at every family party.

   She found a box of old disco records in the basement.

   UsageSay dance to disco; a disco is a place or a party.

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2. 2
   nightclubnoundatedcountableabbreviationclipping

   Short for discotheque: a club where people dance to recorded music.

   On Friday nights the teenagers went to the disco in town.

   The old disco on Main Street is now a furniture store.

   UsageToday people mostly say club.

   Similarnightclub, club

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3. 3
   dance partynounBritishcountable or uncountable

   An event where people get together and the main thing they do is dance.

   The school disco is on Friday, and Mum says I can stay till ten.

   They held a disco in the village hall to raise money for the church roof.

   UsageSay have a disco or the school disco.

   Similardance, party

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4. 4
   danceverbintransitive

   To dance to disco music, or go out to clubs to dance.

   We discoed until midnight at my aunt's wedding.

   Let's put on some old records and disco in the kitchen!

   UsageSay she discos and they discoed.

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