go-go
noun, adjective, verb
go-go is a noun meaning “A style of funk music from the 1970s” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-G-O.
What does go-go mean?
noun
- 1
A style of funk music from the 1970s.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to this style of music.
- 2
Of or relating to the style of music played at discotheques.
- 3
Fast and lively.
verb
- 1
To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of go-go
- go-gos present, singular, he/she/it
- go-going participle, present
- go-goed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with go-go
Also written: gogo (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does go-go come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).