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    [Noun]  | "disk" | \ ˈdisk \


    1: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body

    2: discus

    3: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures; especially : intervertebral disc

    Origin: 1664 ;

     Borrowed from Latin discus "discus, kind of plate, gong" borrowed from Greek dískos "discus," in Late Greek also "dish, round mirror, the sun's disk, gong" {mat|discus|};

    [Noun]  | "disc" 


    1: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body

    2: discus

    3: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures; especially : intervertebral disc

    [Noun]  | "disk drive" 


    1: a device for reading and writing data on a magnetic disk

    Origin: 1963 ;

    [Noun]  | "disk flower" 


    1: one of the tubular flowers in the disk of a composite plant —called also disk floret

    Origin: 1870 ;

    [Noun]  | "disk image" 


    1: a compressed copy of the contents (such as installed programs, settings, and other data) of an optical disc, hard drive, or other digital storage device

    Origin: 1981 ;

    [Noun]  | "disk jockey" 


    1: a person who introduces and plays recorded music (especially popular music) on a show (such as a radio program) —called also deejay, DJ

    2: an entertainer who plays and often manipulates recorded music (as by combining tracks or adding effects) for dancing at a night club or party; also : someone who makes music (as through turntablism, sampling, etc.) that is often sung or rapped over —called also deejay, DJ

    [Noun]  | "accretion disk" 


    1: a disk of usually gaseous matter surrounding a massive celestial object (such as a black hole) in which the matter gradually spirals in toward and accretes onto the object as a result of gravitational attraction

    Origin: 1972 ;

    [Noun]  | "floppy disk" 


    1: a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material on which data for a computer can be stored

    Origin: 1972 ;

    [Noun]  | "hard disk" 


    1: a rigid metal disk coated with a magnetic material on which data for a computer can be stored; also : hard drive

    Origin: 1973 ;

    [Verb]  | "disk" 


    1: to cultivate with an implement (such as a harrow or plow) that turns and loosens the soil with a series of discs

    Origin: circa 1884 ;

     Derivative of {see: |disk:1|disk:1};

    [Noun]  | "disk" 


    1: as in part, portion;



    [Noun]  | "disc jockey" 


    1: as in DJ, shock jock;


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    [Noun]  | "disc jockeys" 


    1: as in DJs, shock jocks;


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     [ "disk" ]

    1:  A hard disk drive of a computer or other electronic device.

      * e.g.,  ... I downloaded so much anime, my disk is almost full! 

     [ "disk" ]

    2: The drive is magnetic, as opposed to a disc, which is optical, such as a CD or DVD or similar media.

     [ "disk" ]

    1: In Jersey dialect...

      * e.g.,  ... Yo you wanna go play some disk braaa? 

     [ "disk" ]

    2: Extreme frisbee.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo you wanna go play some disk braaa? 

     [ "disk" ]

    3: Duking up the ass.

     [ "disk" ]

    1: Socially acceptable replacement word for "Dick!" Allows you to use the word dick in places where it is not usually acceptable-like the work place. Should be used with emphasis.

      * e.g.,  ... You ran over my cat, God damn it, why do you have to be such a disk!? 

     [ "disk" ]

    1: A frisbee, sometimes ultimate, is also called a disk. A disk can be hucked, hossed, tossed, bossed, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... "Huck me the disk, boss! Nice toss!" - Gryphon 

     [ "disk" ]

    1: Disk, abbreviation for hard drive. Used by computer nerds who like to try and be stylish.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hyoh! How much space ya got left on yer disk, Jake?" 

     [ "Disked" ]

    1: To record something onto a magnetic disk, for review at a later date... Similar to the previous analogue version 'taped'...

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you see Flashforward last night..." 

     [ "Disk" ]

    1: Outrageous, but on a super chill level.

      * e.g.,  ... Those waves I hit up on the North Shore were soooo Disk. I was shredding some gnar on the mountain today, and whilst cruising down, I was just like...disk 

     [ "Disking" ]

    1: The phrase disking is a sexual fetish reference originally coined in Brighton. The 'disker' masterbates over his or her favourite c.d. /dvd until climax therefore having disked successfully.

      * e.g.,  ... He was caught disking by his parents. 

     [ "AOL disk" ]

    1:  A nice jumbo drink coaster.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, I can set two beers on this AOL disk! 

     [ "AOL disk" ]

    2:  See frisbee

     [ "AOL disk" ]

    1:  A way America Online tricks people into using their horrible service.

      * e.g.,  ...  Ahh, I'm fucked now that I signed up for a years worth of AOL service. 

     [ "AOL disk" ]

    2:  A fuckin' POS.

      * e.g.,  ...  My car is acting like a damn AOL disk today. 

     [ "AOL disk" ]

    3:  Doubles as a coaster.

      * e.g.,  ...  Thanks to AOL I was able to prevent rings from forming on my wooden desk. 

     [ "AOL disk" ]

    4:  A waste of a CD.

      * e.g.,  ...  Sigh.. What a waste of a perfectly good CD. 

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