agogare

English

Etymology

From agog.

Interjection

agogare!

1. (archaic, US thieves' slang) Be quick! Look out! Beware!

Synonyms

• cave, blackfriars, look out, watch it, see also Thesaurus:heads up

References

• Matsell, George Washington (1859) The Vocabulum: or Rogues Lexicon, New York: George W. Matsell & Co.
• Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “agogare”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 22.
• John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “agogare”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 26.