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silent disco

silent disco noun: an event at which people dance to music that is transmitted through wireless headphones rather than played over a speaker system.

silent disco: an event at which people dance to music that is transmitted through wireless headphones rather than...
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Noun

silent disco (plural silent discos)

  1. An event at which people dance to music that is transmitted through wireless headphones rather than played over a speaker system.
    • You heard “oh, Jeremy Corbyn” everywhere: at the silent disco, during Radiohead’s Friday night headlining set, midway through the Other stage appearance by rapper Stormzy, who gamely joined in.2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian

Synonyms of silent disco

Forms of silent disco

pluralsilent discos

Questions about silent disco

What does silent disco mean?
Silent disco means an event at which people dance to music that is transmitted through wireless headphones rather than played over a speaker system.
What part of speech is silent disco?
Silent disco is a noun.
What is the plural of silent disco?
The plural of silent disco is silent discos.

Words near silent disco in the dictionary

  1. silent butlers
  2. silent cinema
  3. silent commerce
  4. silent cop
  5. silent cops
  6. silent disco
  7. silent discos
  8. silent e
  9. silent e's
  10. silent film
  11. silent films

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