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go-go

go-go noun: a style of funk music from the 1970s.

Noun

go-go (uncountable)

  1. A style of funk music from the 1970s.

Adjective

go-go (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to this style of music.
  2. Of or relating to the style of music played at discotheques.
  3. Fast and lively.

Verb

go-go (third-person singular simple present go-gos, present participle go-going, simple past and past participle go-goed)

  1. To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain
    • Then he looked at me with all earnestness and said to me, "Miss, Laura, would you go-go for me?"2002 September 20, 47:24 from the start, in The Whistleblower Who Changed History (podcast), spoken by Laura Palmer, published 2023 via WNYC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2023

Forms of go-go

third-person singular presentgo-gos
present participlego-going
past participlego-goed
pastgo-goed

Origin of go-go

1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.

Words formed from go-go

Phrases with go-go

Questions about go-go

What does go-go mean?
Go-go means a style of funk music from the 1970s.
What part of speech is go-go?
Go-go can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.

Words near go-go in the dictionary

  1. go-fers
  2. go-getter
  3. go-getterness
  4. go-getters
  5. go-getting
  6. go-go
  7. go-go boot
  8. go-go boots
  9. go-go dancer
  10. go-go dancers
  11. go-go fund

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