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

Or that go-go music was invented in D.C., born out of the city’s vibrant funk scene. —Amy Alipio, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025

If the families downstairs represented the thin years right after the war, when Soviet-style planning paralyzed the economy, the business above them spoke to the go-go ’90s and beyond, when Vietnam embraced free trade. —Hannah Reyes Morales, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

At another, go-go dancers appeared to shoot fire from between their legs. —USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025

The go-go growth that the state was long accustomed to isn’t coming back soon. —Bill Fulton, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 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