"swing shift" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: swing shifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} swing shift (plural swing shifts)
  1. (US) A work shift between a day shift and a night shift, such as from 4PM to midnight, and the group of workers scheduled to work such a shift at a facility. Tags: US Related terms: clopen Coordinate_terms: graveyard shift
    Sense id: en-swing_shift-en-noun-P5RKRfEB Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. (US) A system of shifts where each worker alternates between day shifts and night shifts. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-swing_shift-en-noun-9e1ti1Z~ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (shift between day and night shifts): second shift Translations (Translations): poste de soir [masculine] (French), kvällsskift [neuter] (Swedish), eftermiddagsskift [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'shift between day and night shifts': 54 46 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 51 49

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