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go-go

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.73 in modern English

Syllables
go--go
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of funk music from the 1970s.

Uncountable

adj

Of or relating to this style of music.

adj

Of or relating to the style of music played at discotheques.

adj

Fast and lively.

verb

To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain

Example Sentences

Etymology

1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

go-gos (present, singular) go-going (participle, present) go-goed (participle, past) go-goed (past)

Phrases

go-go boot go-go fund go-go girl go-go juice go-go dancer à gogo

Frequently Paired Words

à gogo

Questions

What does go-go mean?
A style of funk music from the 1970s.
Where does go-go come from?
1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.

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