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DISCO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music

Synonyms:

disco; discotheque

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("disco" is a kind of...):

ballroom; dance hall; dance palace (large room used mainly for dancing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques

Synonyms:

disco; disco music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("disco" is a kind of...):

popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dance to disco music

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "disco" is one way to...):

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

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