go-slow

1. 1.

   a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers

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   United Kingdom

Questions about go-slow

What does go-slow mean?

go-slow means "a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers".

How many syllables are in go-slow?

go-slow has 2 syllables: go--slow. The stress falls on "go-".

Is go-slow a common word?

go-slow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.