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go-go

go-go

3 7.3
A club with loud music and energetic dancing
  • noun
  • /ˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : discoteca
  • Whatever happened to go-go boots and hot pants?
  • go-go club
  • go-go dancing
  • go-go bar

Examples

  • - What does a real go-go look like?

  • "Go, go, don't wander around," Meera said, pushing the bolsters to the floor.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I- I passed out... behind the go-go box.

  • You guys ever been to a go-go club?

  • Speaking of fun, for your challenge at the Gallery Club, Miss Hall, you have to dance on a bar, table or in a go-go cage!

  • She wears white go-go boots.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Minerva climbed in the backseat and directed Masha to a go-go club in Chelsea.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Honestly, I was in Minneapolis go-go dancing, and Jason Sechrest, my agent, and Chi Chi Larue were there, and they took me under their wing.

    Blog text (10)
  • ♪ ON THE FLOORS OF TOKYO ♪ ♪ DOWN IN LONDON TOWN'S A GO-GO ♪ -

  • On weekends, the busy street is filled with people eager to dance at the vibrant go-go club downtown.

Synonyms

nightclub
vsgo-go
172 1.6

A place open late at night with music and dancing where people buy drinks

is more narrowly a lively dance venue focused on energetic dancing and music
disco
vsgo-go
37 2.7

A public club where people go to dance to recorded music

is broader, stressing energetic live atmosphere rather than specific music type

Antonyms

214 2.3

A room in a hotel or airport with comfortable seats to relax

How Lively

to rave
3 7.7
go-go
  • Archaic
3 7.3
nightclub
172 1.6
club
835 1.2
pub
  • UK
155 1.0
quiet
45 1.0

Surface Forms

go-go singular
go-gos plural

Etymology

Go-go also names a lively club, from the same idea of repeated go for movement and the French à gogo meaning 'in abundance'. So a go-go is a place full of dancing, loud music, and a fast, excited atmosphere.