"swing shift" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (shift between day and night shifts): second shift Translations (Translations): 晚班 (wǎnbān) (Chinese Mandarin), 小夜班 (xiǎoyèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), 夜班 (yèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), poste de soir [masculine] (French), kvällsskift [neuter] (Swedish), eftermiddagsskift [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'shift between day and night shifts': 54 46 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 50 50

Inflected forms

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