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disco

  • noun
  • dis·co
  • /ˈdɪskəʊ/

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.

Other meanings

  1. A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

  2. 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.”

Word history

From French "discothèque".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “disco” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.