Meaning

1 senses
  1. A suspended rotating mirrored sphere which casts moving spots of light across a room when light is projected on it.

    Spiegelkugel, Diskokugel

    зерка́льный шарzerkálʹnyj šar

Examples

2 sentences
  1. A disco ball was spinning under the ceiling.

  2. Truth is like a disco ball, and only one of the tiny little mirrors it is made up of is actually yours.

    deDie Wahrheit ist wie eine Diskokugel, und nur eines der kleinen Spiegelchen, aus denen sie besteht, gehört tatsächlich dir. — raggione

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
mirrored sphere:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
mirrored sphere:

Origin

From disco + ball. Gained popularity towards the end of the 20th century.

From disco + ball. Gained popularity towards the end of the 20th century.

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Forms

plural: disco balls
Singulardisco ball
Pluraldisco balls

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
a mirrored sphere:glitterballmirror ballglitter ballmirrorball

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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