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to disco

to disco

2 4.8
To dance to lively music with a steady bass beat
  • verb
  • /ˈdɪskoʊ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : bailar música disco
  • A real man, he can disco and cooking dagim.

Examples

  • So could you choose a different word as you're doing the disco wave with your arms?

  • To disco downandcheck out theshow

  • Oh, would you like to disco?

  • You'll be discoing for a decade in Moscow, mate.

  • Furthermore, my ma used to take me to Washington Square Park to disco dance in a huge crowd of dancers with tight satin pants and vibrating boomboxes.

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  • When the music started, everyone in the club began to disco with excitement.

  • During the party, we all took to the floor to disco to our favorite hits from the 70s.

  • At the reunion, we reminisced and discoed just like we did back in high school.

Synonyms

to dance
vsto disco
579 1.0

To move quickly and lightly from side to side or up and down

focuses on moving to a specific music style from that era not general movement
to boogie
vsto disco
  • Informal
28 7.5

Dance energetically to lively upbeat music

focuses on a specific music style from that era rather than general songs
to groove
vsto disco
  • Informal
18 3.9

To enjoy music and move your body to its rhythm

is tied to a specific music style from that era rather than general enjoyment
to bop
vsto disco
6 6.1

To move your body to music in a lively way

is done to a specific music style from that era rather than playful moves
to boogie on down
vsto disco
  • Informal
1 8.8

To dance in a lively way to music

is for a specific music style from that era not general energetic moves
to jive to the rhythm
vsto disco
  • Informal
7.5

Dance quickly and happily to the beat of music

focuses on moving to a specific music style from that era
to dance like a demon
vsto disco
  • Informal
7.7

To move your body with wild, strong energy and little control

is performed to a specific music style from that era with steady rhythm

Compounds

4 1.9

Dance music with a strong steady beat for dancing in clubs from the 1970s

1 9.9

A slang name for the illegal drug ecstasy often taken at clubs and raves

How Energetic

to cut loose
  • Informal
18 4.4
to boogie
  • Informal
28 7.5
to disco
  • Archaic
2 4.8
to dance
1.0
to sway
77 2.4

Surface Forms

disco infinitive
discoed past
discoed past participle
discoing present participle
discos third person singular

Etymology

The verb disco comes from the noun disco, short for discotheque, which is built from disc 'record' and -theque 'place', so to disco is to dance to disco records or in the disco style.