What does "go-go" mean?

A style of funk music from the 1970s.

What is a synonym for "go-go"?

Common synonyms include: abandoned, active, acute, aggressive, animated, brisk.

Go-go

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A style of funk music from the 1970s. uncountable

Verb

1
To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain
"Then he looked at me with all earnestness and said to me, "Miss, Laura, would you go-go for me?""

Adjective

1
Of or relating to this style of music. not-comparable
2
Of or relating to the style of music played at discotheques. not-comparable
3
Fast and lively. not-comparable

Synonyms

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abandoned active acute aggressive animated brisk

Example

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"Then he looked at me with all earnestness and said to me, "Miss, Laura, would you go-go for me?""

Etymology

1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.

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