go-go

Meaning

Noun

A style of funk music from the 1970s.

Adj

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

Verb

To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain

Synonyms

dance

💃

enterprising

Translations

in

hip

voll im Trend

Go-go

agressivo

dançarina

investimento especulativo

Etymology

Cognate with French: yéyé

In summary

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.