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

As a movie star, Tura Satana was hardly prolific, but as a cult cinema icon the former go-go girl was already a legend long before her death in 2011 at the age of 72. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 July 2025

For four days, the Miami Takeover will celebrate Black culture and the 50th anniversary of go-go, a subgenre of funk from Washington, D.C. —Miami Herald, 24 July 2025

Michaels was a foster kid in Michigan who worked as a go-go dancer prior to meeting Geffen. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 July 2025

The go-go 1960s down on the Med and in Las Vegas sealed the deal for them as standard operating kit. —Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 July 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