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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

The inhabitants of the Indonesian island of Flores used to tell stories of a separate race of little people called the ebu gogo, 3-ft.-tall, hairy human-like creatures that hid in the island's many limestone caves.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, momentum building, voices wailing and all systems gogo, the Jefferson Airplane blasts off.

From Time Magazine Archive

The leaves, pounded with a little water, yield a mucilaginous juice highly prized by the natives as a wash for the hair, mixing it with gogo.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

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