disco

CEFRB1

/dˈɪskoʊ/

noun

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At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
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.
Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).

In context

We danced to the disco music.
Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.
You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.

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Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life
1986, Morrissey & Johnny Marr, “Panic”, in The World Won’t Listen, performed by The Smiths
And black music became a hot commodity in the form of disco, its lyrics and rhythm laced with a palpable (even ethnic) amiguity, helping people dance and escape their concerns. Even the cry of “burn, baby, burn”, a popular chant during many a 1960s urban rebellion, was co-opted by the times, becoming the chorus for the 1977 dance hit “Disco Inferno.”
2009, Marcus Reeves, Somebody Scream!, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
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.
2013, Roger Ebert, “B.A.P.S.”, in I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN
Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.
2009 February 16, Cathy Horyn, “Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy”, in New York Times

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From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.