disco
Meanings
Plural: discos
Noun
- popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
- a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
- Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
- A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
- discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
- discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
Verb
- dance to disco music
- To dance disco-style dances.
- To go to discotheques.
Origin / Etymology
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
Synonyms
club, disco music, discotheque, nightclub
Scrabble Score: 8
disco is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddisco is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disco is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
disco is a valid Words With Friends word