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| dis·co [ dískō ] |
noun (plural dis·cos) |
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1. club or party with dancing: a club or party where people dance to recorded pop music, often introduced by a DJ
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2. steady-beat pop music for dancing: a style of pop music with a steady pronounced beat, popular in the 1970s for dancing. It developed from soul music, in response to the growing popularity of discos.
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3. dance done to disco music: popular dancing with hips and arms moving to the repetitive beat of disco music
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intransitive verb (past and past participle dis·coed, present participle dis·co·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·cos) |
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take part in disco dancing: to dance to disco music
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informal
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| [Mid-20th century. Shortening of discotheque] |
