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à gogo
 
SYLLABICATION:à go·go
PRONUNCIATION:  -gg
VARIANT FORMS: or à·go-go
ADVERB: In a fast and lively manner: dancing à gogo.
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. à go-·gos
A nightclub for fast, lively dancing.
ETYMOLOGY:French à gogo, galore, from Old French a gogo : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad–) + gogo (probably reduplicated form of gogue, merriment).
 
 
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