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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.


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

"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 go-go dancer

First recorded in 1960–65

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“In 2024, I got to be a go-go dancer for DJ Irene’s birthday party at the Mayan,” Champagne recalled.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2025

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 Josephine G. Paterson

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