# shovel-ready

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shovel-ready