Definitions for discos

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discos dis·co

Spelling: [dis-koh]

IPA: /ˈdɪs koʊ/

Discos is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in discos (cdioss).

Definitions for discos

noun

1. discotheque.
2. a style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded and with complex electronic instrumentation, in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat.
3. any of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.

adjective

1. of or relating to a disco or disco music.
2. intended for a disco or its patrons.

verb (used without object)

1. to dance disco, especially at a discotheque.

Origin of discos

An Americanism dating back to 1960-65; by shortening

Examples for discos

disco assumed a severely thoughtful expression of countenance.

For young white men at Comiskey Park, that target was disco music.

When disco first saw this ungainly monster he was bereft of speech for some minutes.

Harold lay down and gasped, disco followed his example, and sighed.

disco, speechless with amazement, rose up and sprang to the helm.

disco was dead and heavy metal was born—and so was Taylor Swift.

“Just what was running in my own mind, disco,” said Harold, musing over his supper.

How could anyone think that their dislike of the Bee Gees made anything about disco Demolition Night acceptable?

“Get Lucky,” which is in fact quite possibly the most disco song ever written, won Record of the Year at the 2014 Grammys.

Did it really have nothing to do with the fact that disco was popularized as “black” music?