shockworker
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Communist subbotniki (Communist Volunteer Saturday Workers) were shockworkers who volunteered their free Saturdays for the Bolshevik cause."
- "Shockworkers undertook longer shifts and worked at a faster pace than ordinary workers, thereby exceeding production norms."
- "Resentment towards Stakhanovite ‘shockworkers’ often boiled over into punch-ups and machine wrecking."