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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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In addition, the mutual funds—notably the newer, smaller "gogo" funds —were largely responsible for the dazzling but dangerous cult of "performance."

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"It's not the Houston gogo; the drive is here but the brashness is not."

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As washing the hair with gogo is one of the luxuries of the Philippines, I shall describe how it is done.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer

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