: the work shift between the day and night shifts (as from 4 p.m. to midnight)
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: 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
Example Sentences
He works the swing shift.
Recent Examples on the WebLee, then 35, was about to start the second half of her swing shift Feb. 4, 2020, when a call came over her CTA radio for a supervisor needed immediately at the Red Line’s Jackson stop. Stacy St. Clair, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021 Most recently, Lim worked the swing shift, 1 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Community Regional Medical Center.Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021 Her mother worked the swing shift, from 4 p.m. to midnight, in San Clemente so that one of the parents could always be home with the kids. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020