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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

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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

Supposedly the ebu gogo � the name roughly means "grandmother who eats everything" � disappeared around the 16th century, when Dutch traders first came to this tropical island 350 miles east of Bali.

From Time Magazine Archive

In The Money Game, George J.W Goodman, alias Adam Smith, told all about the stock market surge of the mid-'60s: spiraling "gogo" mutual funds and other forms of seemingly instant wealth.

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