Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Ireland, UK)A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.

  2. (Ireland, Nigeria, UK)Deliberate slow working as a protest during an industrial dispute.

  3. (Nigeria, informal)Any ponderous business, such as backhanded public administration or a traffic jam.

More definitions
  • a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem for their employers

Origin

Deverbal from go slow.

Deverbal from go slow.

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Forms

plural: go-slows
Singulargo-slow
Pluralgo-slows

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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