swing shift

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [swing shift]
- /swɪŋ ʃɪft/
- /swɪŋ ʃɪft/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [swing shift]
- /swɪŋ ʃɪft/

Definitions of swing shift words

noun swing shift a work shift in industry from midafternoon until midnight. 1
noun swing shift the group of workers on such a shift. 1
noun swing shift evening work period 1
noun swing shift a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked 0
noun swing shift the period worked 0
noun swing shift the work shift between the day and the night shifts, commonly from 4:00 P.M. to midnight 0

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Origin of swing shift

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Swing shift

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Swing shift

swing shift popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

swing shift usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for swing shift

noun swing shift

anchor watch — a deck watch maintained by the crew of a ship at anchor.
dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).

All 5 Synonyms of swing shift