go-go
go-go definition
go·-go (gō′gō′)
adjective
- of dancing to rock music, as in discothèques
- of a dancer, often semi-nude, performing erotic movements to rock music, as in a bar
- Business, Finance, Informal
- of or characterized by dramatic appreciation or expansion the go-go years for U.S. automakers
- of or characterized by aggressive, often highly speculative, buying and selling go-go mutual funds, a go-go stock market
Etymology: short for à gogo < Fr, in plenty, ad lib., in clover < à, to + gogo, abundance, jocular redupl. of gogue, joy, prob. of echoic orig.
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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