English Explanatory Dictionary

shovel-ready

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.
  2. Describing a project which is a candidate for economic stimulus spending, the one having a more immediate impact on the economy as opposed to the project requiring a great deal of time that must elapse for architecture, zoning, legal considerations or other factors before labor can be deployed on it.

Word forms

shovel-ready more shovel-ready most shovel-ready shovel ready

Etymology

First used by Barack Obama during an interview with Meet the Press on 6 December 2008.

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