go-go (redirected from DC Gogo)

go-go ¹  (gg)

adj. Informal

Of or relating to discotheques or to the energetic music and dancing performed at discotheques.

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[From à gogo.]

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go-go ²  (gg)

adj. Informal

1. Marked by assertive action: a go-go sales executive.

2.

a. Of, relating to, or engaging in a type of speculative, short-term stock-market operation: a go-go fund.

b. Characterized by the fast growth and development that invites speculative investment: go-go industries such as microprocessing and laser technology.

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[Intensive reduplication (influenced by go-go) of go.]

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go-go

adj Informal chiefly US and Canadian

1. of or relating to discos or the lively music and dancing performed in them

2. dynamic or forceful

[altered from French à-gogo aplenty, ad lib: sense influenced by English verb go]

Translations

go-go [ˈgəʊgəʊ] ADJ

1. [dancer, dancing] → gogó

2. (US) [market, stocks] → especulativo

3. (US) [team etc] → dinámico

go-go

adj

→ Go-go-Girl nt; go-go girl → Go-go-Girl nt

(US Comm inf) go-go years → Hochkonjunktur- or Boomjahre pl; the go-go days of the late 1960s → die Zeit der Hochkonjunktur Ende der 60er Jahre; the go-go 1980s → die vom Boom geprägten 80er Jahre

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go-go:

go-go dancer

n → Go-go-Tänzerin f

go-go dancing

n → Go-go nt