disco ball

noun

: a ball covered with mirrored facets that is usually suspended from a ceiling (as in a nightclub) and that rotates to cast reflected light on surrounding surfaces
Every Saturday and Sunday, they make their way to this club, where disco balls glitter and the dance floor is as crowded as a chicken house.Libby Copeland, Washington Post, 6 July 2003

called also glitter ball, mirror ball

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of disco ball was in 1978

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“Disco ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disco%20ball. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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