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    graveyard shift

    noun

    • 1. a work shift that runs through the early morning hours, typically covering the period between midnight and 8 a.m.
  2. GRAVEYARD SHIFT definition: 1. a period of work, for example in a factory, that begins late at night and ends early in the…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of GRAVEYARD SHIFT is a work shift beginning late at night (such as 11 o'clock); also : the workers on such a shift.

  4. The Graveyard Shift, or Graveyard Watch, was the name coined for the work shift of the early morning, typically midnight until 8am. The name originated in the USA at the latter end of the 1800s.

  5. 1. a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours. 2. those who work this shift. Also called: graveyard watch, lobster shift. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

  6. Graveyard shift definition: a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.. See examples of GRAVEYARD SHIFT used in a sentence.

  7. Graveyard shift is a noun phrase that refers to the work shift that covers the late-night hours, usually from midnight to about 8 a.m. It’s called this because it’s as quiet as a graveyard at these hours, with most people asleep and the streets mostly deserted.

  8. graveyard shift. A work shift that occurs late at night. I'm a morning person, so I could never work the graveyard shift like you do. Every so often, we're required to work the graveyard shift, which throws my circadian rhythm totally out of whack.