go-slow

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [goh sloh]
- /goʊ sloʊ/
- /ɡəʊ sləʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [goh sloh]
- /goʊ sloʊ/

Definitions of go-slow word

noun go-slow a work slowdown, as in sympathy with strikers or as a protest. 1
noun go-slow US-slowdown 1
noun go-slow law: deliberate slowing of production 1
countable noun go-slow A go-slow is a protest by workers in which they deliberately work slowly in order to cause problems for their employers. 0
noun go-slow a deliberate slackening of the rate of production by organized labour as a tactic in industrial conflict 0
noun go-slow (as modifier) 0

See all 8 definitions of go-slow

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Origin of go-slow

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Go-slow

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Go-slow

go-slow popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.