discotheque

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  1. noun A nightclub that features dancing to recorded or sometimes live music and often has showy decor and elaborate lighting.

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  • Rex strut of "Crush with Eyeliner" to the lapping, shoegaze-y waves of "Let Me In" (a tribute to Kurt Cobain), there is hardly a sub-par tune on the record, though I must admit I've never been partial to the flaccid dirge of "Bang and Blame" or the discotheque-isms of "King of Comedy". —  Murmurs.com
  • Switzerland native Alexandre N. Maurice '09 says that he turned the giant common room this year into a "European discotheque, equipped with an excellent sound system whose speakers have been known to blow out on occasion." —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
  • In the casino and discotheque, the designers also opted for Linearlight Flex and Linearlight Powerflex modules. —  Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox
  • As with its three sister album tracks, it's gallery music for the discotheque or vice versa. —  PopMatters
  • "Wild" (this was with a picture of Ash at a discotheque, arms up in the air, making a kissy face to the camera) so she decided she'd go with pork belly too because why the F not, what am I, some sorta retarded person ovah heah? —  News from TV.com
 

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  1. French, record library, discothèque, from Italian discoteca, record library : disco, disk, record (from Latin discus, quoit; see discus) + biblioteca, library (from Latin bibliothēca; see bibliotheca).
 

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