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ca'canny

UK
/kəˈkæni/
US
/kəˈkæni/

Translations

ca'cannynoun
ca'cannies
pl
Name of the tactic or practice of deliberately slowing work.
ca'cannyverb
ca'cannied
Past Simple
ca'cannied
Past Participle
ca'cannying
Gerund
UK
/kəˈkæni/
US
/kəˈkæni/
Used chiefly in British and Scottish English meaning ‘to work deliberately slowly; go slow; proceed cautiously’.
ca'cannyadjective
UK
/kəˈkæni/
US
/kəˈkæni/
He took a ca'canny approach to the negotiations.
Он занял осторожный подход к переговорам.
Synonyms
cautious
careful
prudent
wary
sensible

Definitions

ca'cannynoun
An organised tactic in which workers deliberately slow their pace of work as a form of industrial action.
Management accused the shop-floor of staging a ca'canny to force a pay rise.
ca'cannyverb
To deliberately reduce the speed or effort of one's work, especially as a form of protest or to resist layoffs; to go slow.
The miners decided to ca'canny until management agreed to negotiate.
To proceed cautiously or gently; to take care.
Ca'canny on that steep hill, the road is icy.
ca'cannyadjective
Relating to or characterized by a deliberate reduction in work effort, especially as an industrial protest.
The union organised a ca'canny campaign that left the assembly lines almost idle.
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