go-go
Americanadjective
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full of energy, vitality, or daring.
the go-go generation.
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stylish, modern, or up-to-date.
the go-go social set.
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of or relating to the music and dancing performed at discotheques or nightclubs.
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performing at a discotheque or nightclub.
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seeking large earnings quickly by trading aggressively and often speculatively in stocks.
a go-go mutual fund.
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marked by swift price upswings due to excessive speculation.
a go-go stock.
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being a time of great prosperity, economic growth, and optimism.
the go-go years of the 1920s.
noun
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go-gos
plural
adjective
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of or relating to discos or the lively music and dancing performed in them
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dynamic or forceful
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of go-go
First recorded in 1960–65; reduplication of go 1, influenced in some senses by à gogo
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Mr. Lornell, a professor emeritus of music history and culture at George Washington University, has written many works on vernacular music, from a Lead Belly biography to a survey of Washington’s go-go music scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tim Campbell, CEO of Baillie Gifford—that paradoxically venerable yet go-go Scottish investment house—is waxing eloquent about maybe his favorite stock in the entire universe.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
The arrival of the stock market’s go-go years in the late 1960s drove Wellington to merge with aggressive Boston-based fund manager Thorndike, Doran, Paine & Lewis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“I was disoriented at first. It’s hard to step out of that go-go mentality.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
I place my go-go boots in their box and put on my old sneakers.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
“My experiences were of go-gos bringing people together,” McDuffie said in an interview.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
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