go-go dancer

American  

noun

1. an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.

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go-go dancer British  

noun

1. a dancer, usually scantily dressed, who performs rhythmic and often erotic modern dance routines, esp in a nightclub or disco

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Etymology

Origin of go-go dancer

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

As a trailblazing drag queen in the early ’80s, Tabboo! performed as a singer and go-go dancer at the Pyramid Club, Mudd Club, Palladium and other legendary haunts of the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Her mother was a dance teacher and, pre-fame, Hawn performed as a ballerina and go-go dancer before being spotted on a can-can line in Los Angeles and drafted into TV comedy.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2020

Frontwoman Molly Sides is like a sequined go-go dancer let loose from her cage, bending backward to the floor, or leaning forward, almost into the crowd, drawing them toward the stage.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2016

The former go-go dancer said agents also had copies of his bank records, including checks from Thompson, in addition to emails and faxes the man sent to Spann and Thompson.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2016

Her only rather loud, irrelevant, smiling expression was about her daughter who was a go-go dancer, had three children, and whom she had visited twice by bus in California.

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.

Related Words

• ballet dancer