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disco

noun

  1. genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene
  2. dance venue
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪskəʊ/ / /ˈdɪskoʊ/

noun

Etymology: Clipping of discovery.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.