swing shift

noun

1

: the work shift between the day and night shifts (as from 4 p.m. to midnight)

2

: a group of workers in a factory operating seven days a week that work as needed to permit the regular shift workers to have one or more free days per week

Examples of swing shift in a Sentence

He works the swing shift.

Recent Examples on the Web

Those on the day shift work from 6 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Those on the swing shift work from noon to 10:30 p.m. —Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024

The swing shift is about to start at a plant that is about to close. —Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024

For her work, cleaning rooms on the swing shift—between 5 p.m. and 1 a.m.—Mendez makes $21 an hour, and rarely gets tips. —Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023

Kenley Jansen wanted to when Alex Cora apologized to ex-Dodgers for Astros cheating June 29, 2023 The Dodgers wasted no time punching in for their swing shift, Betts opening the game with a double off the right-center field wall. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023

One Hearthside worker, Carolina Yoc, 15, described a grueling schedule of juggling school and eight-hour swing shifts each day, working to nearly midnight packaging Cheerios. —Hannah Dreier, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023

One Hearthside worker, Carolina Yoc, 15, described a grueling schedule of juggling school and eight-hour swing shifts packaging Cheerios each day. —Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023

His late father used to work swing shifts at a power station. —Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2023

He’s also taken a job at a call center, accepting a swing shift that will mean missing dinners with his family. —Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for swing shift

• adrift
• airlift
• facelift
• festschrift
• forklift
• gearshift
• makeshift
• redshift
• sealift
• snowdrift
• spendthrift
• clift