Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graveyard shifter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: grave-yard shifter
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who works a graveyard shift or is employed in one.

Example Sentences

"Although there is no significant difference in the number of hours of sleep the typical graveyard shifter gets as compared to the number of hours of sleep of the average swing shifter, the lower average hours of sleep of the night worker is found to be suggestive."
"Obviously, they were graveyard-shifters as well, and they'd had the same idea we had as to how to pass the time."

Etymology

From graveyard shift + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: graveyard shift

Inflected Forms

graveyard shifters (plural)

Questions

What does graveyard shifter mean?: One who works a graveyard shift or is employed in one.
Where does graveyard shifter come from?: From graveyard shift + -er.

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