go-go

Related to go-go: Go-Go dancer

go-go

1. noun A genre of funk and soul music that originated in the 1970s in Washington, D.C. Guitarist Chuck Brown is closely associated with the origins of go-go.
2. noun A venue or event where patrons can dance to such music, similar to a discotheque. Here's an old photo of your mother about to go to a go-go—look at that outfit!
3. noun A style of dance typically performed at a club or other such venue by women wearing revealing clothing, often for the purpose of sexual titillation. Can you believe that Aunt Irene used to dance go-go back in the '60s?
4. adjective Describing or pertaining to this style of dance. Can you believe that Aunt Irene was a go-go dancer in the '60s?
5. adjective, slang Energetic or dynamic. Katie is one of those go-go types who just amazes me with her boundless enthusiasm.
6. adjective, slang Apt to grow or expand quickly, as of a business or field. Don't invest in a go-go start-up like this—it's not stable enough.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go-go

(ˈgogo)
1. mod. having to do with fast-dancing young women on display in a nightclub. Those go-go places have mostly changed their style.
2. mod. vigorous; energetic; frantically moving. (Extended from sense 1) I bought some silly go-go stock, and it collapsed immediately.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • angle
  • angling
  • high
  • high, wide, and handsome
  • wear (one's) apron high
  • fire and brimstone
  • more than you know
  • more than you will ever know
References in periodicals archive
That November, TBC-TV introduced a show featuring young bands and dancers called "1,2,3,Go." It soon acquainted Koreans with The Rhythms, a seven-member go-go dancing troupe of teenage girls from Yongsan Garrison's Seoul American High School.
[Korea Encounters] Korea Times goes go-go dancing in 1971
She said: "The concept of Go-Go Gaggia was developed over a bottle of wine one evening with the family.
Go-Go Gaggia keeps Michael Palin topped up with coffee
The first question to be answered is: Exactly what kind of "go-go juice" do we need?
Go-go juice: 3 steps to unleashing your group's social power
Go-Go Dog Pals is a premium provider of dog exercise products that improve the health and lifestyles of dogs and their owners.
Go-Go Dog Pals Offering Free Shipping on Its Flagship Model
Due to Brown and his deep, gravelly voice, go-go music was uniquely identified with Washington.
'Go-go' legend Chuck Brown dies at 75
Then there are drinks, pretzels, phones, candles, hands, purses, money, keys, the bartender, other go-go boys, or low ceilings and things hanging from them (think fans).
Confessions of a go-go boy: ever wondered what it's like to be one of the boys on the box? According to dancer David Perry, gyrating for dollars' ain't as glamorous as it looks
The coup overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but it got too much when a troupe of go-go dancers in skimpy army outfits were arrested.
Strange but true: Superheroes make it coup to Thai for
Participants got hip to this and more at Tease-O-Rama 2002, the second annual national convention devoted to reviving burlesque, go-go dancing, and vaudeville.
Burlesque, alive and kicking. (News)
MARITIME has joined forces with one of the city's brightest interior design firms, Team a go-go, to help showcase their city centre apartments.
Design deal for Maritime
Are you still jarred awake at night by visions of the Go-Go's water-skiing "Vacation" video?
Rumors from the Lesbian Nation
In the go-go fin de '90s, politically thoughtful work took a backseat to mediocre painting, glamorous video rooms, "sensational" schlock, and post-Conceptual photography of epic scale.
Antagonisms
From the rousing Any Dream Will Do, Jacob and Sons and Go, Go, Joseph, with the cast go-go dancing in 80s day-glo outfits, the show goes from strength to strength.
Joseph still amazing fans after 20 year run
"In the 'Go-Go' period of the late 80's it was quite alright for banks, credit companies, insurance companies to lend on the basis of aggressive cap rates on speculative projects.
Rebound seen for domestic markets by mid-'92
Hedgehog, ether a go-go, shaven baby and killer of prune are among the hundreds of weirdly named mutants that fruit fly geneticists today discuss seriously at scientific meetings.
Mutant monikers: a tale of freaky flies and gonzo geneticists