- swing shift
- nounthe work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)• Syn: ↑evening shift• Hypernyms: ↑shift, ↑work shift, ↑duty period
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noun1.a. : the shift usually from 4 p.m. to midnightb. : the workers working the swing shift between the day and night shifts in a factory operating 24 hours a day2. : a group of workers in a factory operating seven days a week that mans the place as needed to permit the regular shift workers to have one or more free days per week* * *
1. a work shift in industry from midafternoon until midnight.2. the group of workers on such a shift.[1935-40]* * *
swing shift noun (US)1. The work shift between the day and night shifts (eg from mid-afternoon until midnight)2. The workers allocated to this shift3. The workers employed to take irregular shifts over a seven-day week to enable other workers to work a regular five-day week• • •Main Entry: ↑swing* * *
swing shift,the hours between the day and night shifts, usually from 4 p.m. to midnight, designated as a working day in factories and other operations that are on a 24-hour basis: »In addition to his swing shift job at Douglas, [he] works days as an airplane mechanic (Wall Street Journal).
╂[American English, perhaps < swing1 (because the shift is the middle one)]* * *
n. a work shift from mid-afternoon to around midnight* * *
noun, pl ⋯ shifts [count]US : a scheduled period of work that begins in the afternoon and ends at nightHe works the swing shift.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.