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gogo

American  
[goh-goh] / ˈgoʊ goʊ /
Or go-go

noun

  1. a discotheque, nightclub, etc., with go-go music and dancing.


gogo British  
/ ˈɡɒɡɒ /

noun

  1. ɡrandmother

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gogo

from Zulu

Example Sentences

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Queer/Bar is a popular LGBTQ+ bar and performance space with nightly drag and gogo performances.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

The narrative grinds to a halt with the ascent of André Courrèges and the arrival of the white gogo boot.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018

None of Wall Street's brash young managers of "gogo" mutual funds have gone farther faster than 36-year-old Frederick S. Mates.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his "gogo" offense, even pitchers steal bases, and a batter who reaches first base is considered to be in scoring position.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it is not consumed to any great extent in the Philippines, except for washing clothes, &c., the natives preferring to employ a red-coloured root, called gogo, for their own personal ablutions.

From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by MacMicking, Robert