GO

Definitions

1. 1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.] So gracious were the goes of marriage. Marston.
2. 2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang] This is a pretty go. Dickens.
3. 3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
4. 4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
5. 5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]
6. 6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
7. 7. That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one. Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] -- No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] Thackeray. -- On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]