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go-go

[goh-goh]

adjective

  1. full of energy, vitality, or daring.

    the go-go generation.

  2. stylish, modern, or up-to-date.

    the go-go social set.

  3. of or relating to the music and dancing performed at discotheques or nightclubs.

  4. performing at a discotheque or nightclub.

  5. seeking large earnings quickly by trading aggressively and often speculatively in stocks.

    a go-go mutual fund.

  6. marked by swift price upswings due to excessive speculation.

    a go-go stock.

  7. being a time of great prosperity, economic growth, and optimism.

    the go-go years of the 1920s.



noun

  1. gogo.

go-go

adjective

  1. of or relating to discos or the lively music and dancing performed in them

  2. dynamic or forceful

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of go-go1

First recorded in 1960–65; reduplication of go 1, influenced in some senses by à gogo
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of go-go1

C20: altered from French à-Dz aplenty, ad lib: sense influenced by English verb go
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“Little bit of Neil Diamond,” he said as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra revved up the go-go self-improvement jive of “Crunchy Granola Suite.”

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The American singer-songwriter gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's.

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I mean, it’s the Go-Go’s; you don’t want to miss “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “Vacation,” even if you’ve just spent hours in the rain, shelled out $20 on a cocktail and your soles are starting to scream at you.

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“I was the proverbial hippie,” she told Florida Weekly in 2020, working as a heavy-set comedic go-go dancer.

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Go-Go’s frontwoman Belinda Carlisle asked the crowd of older Coachella-goers sweating under the late afternoon sun before the band launched into its set with the hit “Vacation.”

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