Meaning of Disco | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable
2. discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
   US, informal
3. 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.
   uncountable
4. discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
   US, informal
5. A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
   British, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life”

“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.””

“You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.”

“Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.”

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