go-go
go-go · go-gos · go-goed · go-going
To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertainTo dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain
Meaning
1 sensesTo dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain
Origin
1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from Fren1964, 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.
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Forms
go-gos, go-going, go-goed, go-goedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle