ca'canny Syllabification: (ca'can·ny)Pronunciation: /käˈkanē/Definition of ca'canny noun British dated the policy of deliberately limiting output at work. Origin: late 19th century (originally Scots in the sense 'proceed warily'): from ca' (variant of the verb call) and cannyca'canny in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of ca'canny in the British & World English dictionary