Disco Definition

dĭskō
discoed, discoing, discos
noun
discos
A discotheque.
American Heritage
A nightclub or public place for dancing to recorded music played by a disc jockey.
Webster's New World
A kind of dance music popular especially in the 1970s, having elements of soul music and a strong Latin American beat.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To dance at a disco.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To go to discotheques.
Wiktionary
prefix
Disk.
Discoid.
American Heritage
Phonograph record.
Discophile.
American Heritage
adjective
Of discos, the music played there, etc.
Webster's New World
affix
Disk-shaped; discoid.
Webster's New World
Phonograph record.
Discography.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Disco

Noun

Singular:
disco
Plural:
discos

Origin of Disco

  • Latin from Greek disko- from diskos disk disk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for discotheque

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Disco Sentence Examples

  • It is limited to Disco Island, and perhaps to a small part of the Noursoak Peninsula, and the neighbouring country, and consists of numerous thin beds of sandstone, shale and coal - the sideritic shale containing immense quantities of leaves, stems, fruit, &c., as well as some insects, and the coal pieces of retinite.

  • Kiera settled at an uncomfortable angle, the sandpapery red roofing snagging her polyester disco clothing and preventing her from sliding over the nearby edge of the three-story row house.

  • The most important island on the east side is Disco, to the north of Disco Bay, Greenland.

  • A few other minerals may be noticed, and some have been worked to a small extent - graphite is abundant, particularly near Upernivik; cryolite is found almost exclusively at Ivigtut; copper has been observed at several places, but only in nodules and laminae of limited extent; and coal of poor quality is found in the districts about Disco Bay and Umanak Fjord.

  • Exoascineae, Saccharomycetineae, Perisporinea, Disco mycetes, Pyrenomycetes, Tuberineae, Laboulbeniineae.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

OCOSCO

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