English Explanatory Dictionary

stretch-out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A practice of industrial operation, especially in the textile industry, by which workers are required to do additional work without a proportional increase in wages.
  2. A stretch limousine.

Word forms

stretch-out stretch-outs stretchout

Etymology

Deverbal from stretch out.

Synonyms

speedup

Antonyms

go-slow slowdown work-to-rule
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary