What is "no go"

Go \Go\, n.

1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.]

   So gracious were the goes of marriage.
   --Marston.

2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang]

   This is a pretty go.
   --Dickens.

3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]

4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]

5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]

6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]

7. (Cribbage) 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.

8. Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement.

   ``Well,'' said Fleming, ``is it a go?''
   --Bret Harte.

   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.]

alt. (context informal slang US with indefinite article English) something which should not or cannot be done n. (context informal slang US with indefinite article English) something which should not or cannot be done

No go or Nogo may refer to:

• Nogo A, B, C, or Nogo-66, isoforms of a neurite outgrowth inhibitory protein Reticulon 4.
• No-go area, a military or political term for an area to which access is restricted or travel is dangerous
• No-go pill, a military term for a hypnotic medication taken by soldiers to ensure they are well rested for missions
• go/no go, a process or device used in quality control
• Go-NoGo gauge, an inspection tool used to check a workpiece against its allowed tolerances
• No-go theorem, a theorem that shows that an idea is not possible even though it may look attractive
• Nogo, an alternative name for an African tree more commonly called Lecomtedoxa
• Nogo (drum), a Korean drum