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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a leader of the gogo, proud, successful New South, but last week Georgia's Governor George Busbee sounded downright shy about it.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Filipino women use the leaves to perfume their gogo hair-wash.

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

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