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

All told, this would amount to just a sliver of Mr. Geffen’s total wealth, though it could still be considered quite a payday for the former fitness instructor who, reportedly, also spent time as a go-go dancer in Miami. —Legal Entertainment, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025

Hollywood mogul David Geffen, 82, won’t have to part with much of his $9 billion fortune in his divorce in California from David Armstrong, a handsome 32-year-old former go-go dancer. —Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025

The entertainment mogul, 82, tied the knot with Michaels, a former go-go dancer whose real name is David Armstrong, 32, in 2023 in a private Beverly Hills ceremony. —Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025

That and his performances as a go-go boy and in drag at legendary venues like Palladium and Pyramid Club. —José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 8 May 2025

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

Rhymes for go-go

• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau