night duty
Working after dark
Night duty is work performed during nighttime hours, typically as part of a rotating schedule in professions requiring round-the-clock coverage: hospitals, police stations, factories.
Someone on night duty works while others sleep: She's been on night duty all week and can barely keep her eyes open.
The term implies obligation rather than choice—a shift assigned rather than selected.
- graveyard shiftLate-night work period
- late shiftWork scheduled after dark
- graveyard hoursLate-night work period
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
- red eyeInflamed, irritated appearance
watch · vigil · patrol · hospital · nurse · security guard · insomnia · fatigue · moonlight · darkness · quiet · skeleton crew · on-call · emergency · caffeine · sleepless · sleep deprivation · rotation
- duty
- work shiftsday shift, evening shift, morning shift, swing shift, graveyard shift
- night workerssecurity guards, graveyard shift, overnight stocker, overnight shift, nightwatch
night dutyday shift
Work period during sunlight
morning shift · day work · nine-to-five · regular hours · first shift
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