go-go

adjective

ˈgō-(ˌ)gō 

1

a

: employed to entertain in a disco

go-go dancers

b

: of, relating to, or being a disco or the music or dances performed there

2

: marked by spirited or aggressive action

go-go baseball

3

a

: relating to or dealing in popular often speculative investment expected to yield high returns

go-go mutual funds

b

: relating to, involved in, or marked by business growth and prosperity and aggressive efforts to turn a quick profit

go-go bankers and entrepreneurs … who put together the megabuck deals

—Ken Auletta

Examples of go-go in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

West Hollywood ushered in the month with a parade featuring go-go dancers in jockstraps and gay cowboys in breezy leather chaps. —Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024

The lineup featured The Smithereens, The Call, Delbert McClinton, the Beat Farmers, Omar & The Howlers, The Paladins and the Washington D.C. go-go band Trouble Funk. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024

Gossip Grill San Diego SoCal’s only sapphic bar is a fantasia of hot pink, indoor-outdoor bars, and dancing, replete with go-go dancers and DJs. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2024

In the go-go atmosphere of Beijing’s reopening, COVID-19 seemed to be quickly forgotten. —Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023

The go-go megaplex boom of the late ’90s and early ’00s created theaters the size of small airports, with theaters sometimes housing more than two dozen screens. —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024

Hurley appeared in the 1997 film, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, in a futuristic chrome halter-neck minidress and matching silver go-go boots, which is an iconic look to this day. —Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024

Rock impresario Bill Graham, who had emceed the phantasmagorical Playboy Playmate USO go-go show in the film, was in charge of ticketing and crowd control. —Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024

Michael Milken Sentence: 10 years Behind bars: 2 years Net worth: $6.5 billion Milken became famous for fueling the go-go 1980s with junk bond financing from investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert. —Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

partly from a-go-go, partly from reduplication of go entry 1

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1a