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gogo¹

  • /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/ US

Rhymes with (UK) -əʊɡəʊ, (US) -oʊɡoʊ

noun gogos

  1. An elasticated hair band.

    Similar: scrunchie, scrunchy

gogo²

  • /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/ US

Rhymes with (UK) -əʊɡəʊ, (US) -oʊɡoʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Zulu úgógo.

noun gogos

  1. South Africa Grandmother; elderly woman. On the weekdays she and Bawinde worked for the South Africans, but as the weekend approached Elizabeth was anxious to get home to see if James had come to visit his gogo in the village.

Gogo³

proper noun

  1. A Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania.

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Ghogha (“Indian town”).

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MLA

"gogo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gogo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gogo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gogo

Chicago

"gogo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gogo.

BibTeX
@misc{gogo_2026,
  title = {gogo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gogo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}