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à go⋅go

   [uh goh-goh]
–adverb
1. as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore: food and drink à gogo.
2. with go-go music and dancing or a go-go atmosphere (used esp. in the names of cabarets, discotheques, and the like): They danced all night at the Mistral à gogo.
Also, à Gogo, à go-go.

Origin:
1960–65; < F, MF; gogo perh. by redupl. and alter. of gogue witticism, jest (F goguette), expressive word of obscure orig.
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à go·go or à·go-go     (ə-gō'gō')  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   In a fast and lively manner: dancing à gogo.

n.   pl. à go-gos or à·go-gos
A nightclub for fast, lively dancing.


[French à gogo, galore, from Old French a gogo : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + gogo (probably reduplicated form of gogue, merriment).]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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