# disco

Pronunciation: say "DIS-koh" US /ˈdɪskoʊ/, UK /ˈdɪskəʊ/

## Noun

1. A genre of dance music, popular in the 1970s, that draws on soul, funk and Latin music, with a steady four-on-the-floor beat, lush strings and a prominent bass line.
   - Simple: A kind of dance music, popular in the 1970s, with a steady thumping beat, strings and a strong bass line.
   - _The station plays nothing but disco on Friday nights._
   - _Her new single borrows from disco, with sweeping strings and a thumping bass line._
3. A social gathering at which dancing is the main activity; a dance. *(British)*
   - Simple: An event where people get together and the main thing they do is dance.
   - _The rugby club is putting on a disco to celebrate the end of the season._
   - _There's a disco after the wedding breakfast, so bring your dancing shoes._

## Verb

4. To dance to disco music, or to go out to discotheques to dance.
   - Simple: To dance to disco music, or go out to clubs to dance.
   - _Grandpa can still disco better than anyone else on the floor._
   - _They discoed under the mirror ball until the lights came up._

## Noun

2. Short for discotheque: a nightclub where people dance to recorded music. *(dated)* — Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
   - Simple: Short for discotheque: a club where people dance to recorded music.
   - _They met at a disco in Miami and danced there until closing time._
   - _The city council shut the disco down after months of noise complaints._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In US legal slang, discovery: the pre-trial stage of a lawsuit in which each side must hand over evidence, or the documents and other material handed over.

## Origin

A shortening of discotheque, which comes from French discothèque.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/disco (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).