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 …—
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His go-go game was a good fit for what Sturm wants to do in his hybrid system.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Still, there’s no getting around the fact that Americans simply do not consume TV at the same merry clip that characterized the go-go cable era.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
So, cinnamon sugar popcorn keeps up with your go-go-go energy.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Still, there’s no getting around the fact that Americans simply do not consume TV at the same merry clip that characterized the go-go cable era.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
So, cinnamon sugar popcorn keeps up with your go-go-go energy.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Go-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go-go. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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