go-go

/goh"goh'/, adj. Informal.

1. full of energy, vitality, or daring: the go-go generation.

2. stylish, modern, or up-to-date: the go-go social set.

3. of or pertaining to the music and dancing performed at discotheques or nightclubs.

4. performing at a discotheque or nightclub.

5. seeking large earnings quickly by trading aggressively and often speculatively in stocks: a go-go mutual fund.

6. marked by swift price upswings due to excessive speculation: a go-go stock.

7. being a time of great prosperity, economic growth, and optimism: the go-go years of the 1920s.

[1960-65; redupl. of GO¹, influenced in some senses by GOGO]

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