disco
noun
- genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene
- dance venue
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɪskəʊ/ / /ˈdɪskoʊ/
noun
Etymology: Clipping of discovery.
- discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
“You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.”
- discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
“Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.”
verb
Etymology: From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
- To dance disco-style dances.
“The cause of his ill health is left a little obscure, and no wonder, because shortly before his dreadful deathbed scene he's well enough to join the women in a wild night of disco dancing. You have not lived until you've seen Martin Landau discoing.”
- To go to discotheques.
“Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.”