swing shift

swing shift

noun

Definition of SWING SHIFT

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

1. He works the swing shift.

First Known Use of SWING SHIFT

1940

Rhymes with SWING SHIFT

adrift, airlift, blueshift, chairlift, dead lift, downshift, face-lift, forklift, frameshift, gearshift, makeshift, redshift, sealift, shape-shift, shoplift, short shrift, ski lift, snowdrift, spendthrift, spindrift, split shift, stick shift, uplift, upshift