go-go
adjective
ˈgō-(ˌ)gō 
1
a
: employed to entertain in a disco
go-go dancers
b
: of, relating to, or being a disco or the music or dances performed there
2
: marked by spirited or aggressive action
go-go baseball
3
a
: relating to or dealing in popular often speculative investment expected to yield high returns
go-go mutual funds
b
: relating to, involved in, or marked by business growth and prosperity and aggressive efforts to turn a quick profit
go-go bankers and entrepreneurs … who put together the megabuck deals
Ken Auletta
Ken Auletta
Word History
Etymology
partly from a-go-go, partly from reduplication of go entry 1
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
- bitchiest
- bitchilier
- bitchiliest
- bitchily
- bitchin'
- bitchiness
- bitchinesses
- bitching
- bitchy
- Bitcoin
- bite
- bite (at)
- bite (on)
- bite at
- bite back
- bite in
- bite off
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite on
- bite one's tongue
- bite plate
- bite someone's head off
- bite the bullet
- bite the dust
- bite the hand that feeds one