Usually means: Energetic dance music with flair.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word disco:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. disco, disco-: Merriam-Webster
  2. disco: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. disco, disco-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. disco: Collins English Dictionary
  5. disco: Vocabulary.com
  6. Disco, disco: Wordnik
  7. disco: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. disco: Wiktionary
  9. disco, disco-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. disco: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. disco: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. disco, disco-: Dictionary.com
  13. disco: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. disco: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. D.I.S.C.O, D.I.S.C.O. (Chico song), D.I.S.C.O. (album), DISCO (diagnostic interview), Disco (Grace Jones album), Disco (Pet Shop Boys album), Disco (TV series), Disco (disambiguation), Disco (genre), Disco (software), Disco (supermarket chain), Disco: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. disco: Rhymezone
  17. disco, disco: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. DISCO, disco: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. disco: FreeDictionary.org
  20. disco: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. disco, disco-: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. disco: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. disco-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. Technopedia (No longer online)
  3. disco: Encyclopedia
  4. Windows API Guide (No longer online)

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. disco-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DISCO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. disco, disco: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Disco: A Seattle Lexicon
  3. D.I.S.C.O: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See discoed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable, music) 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.
verb:  (intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.
verb:  (intransitive) To go to discotheques.
noun:  (US, law, informal) discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
noun:  (US, law, informal) discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
noun:  (countable, slightly dated) Clipping of discotheque, a nightclub for dancing. [(dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.]

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