Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

night job

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English

Syllables: night job
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A side job worked at night.

noun

A job (project or task) that will or must be done at night.

Example Sentences

"I'm no expert on this stuff. This is just my night job. The day shift people can give you more advice on which model to buy and how to use it."
"To avoid disrupting rush hour traffic, the highway department declared that the bridge maintenance would be a night job."
"He got out of road work and into home remodel contracting because they kept putting him on all the night jobs."

Etymology

From night + job.

Inflected Forms

night jobs (plural)

Phrases

be on nights night owl night shift night work graveyard shift third shift

Frequently Paired Words

be on nights nightly night owl night shift nightwork night work graveyard shift moonlighting

Antonyms

day job

Questions

What does night job mean?: A side job worked at night.
Where does night job come from?: From night + job.

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