The Collaborative International Dictionary
on-duty \on-duty\ adj. performing or available for duties; as, her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m.. Opposite of off-duty. [prenominal]
Syn: on duty(predicate).
WordNet
adj. performing or scheduled for duties; "I'm on from five to midnight"; "Naval personnel on duty in Alaska"; "her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m." [syn: on(p), on duty(p), on-duty(a)]
Usage examples of "on-duty".
Jap run, a gook clientele, boogies for the shitwork and me, Stan `The Man' Klein, to crack the whip and keep on-duty loafing at a minimum.
Jap run, a gook clientele, boogies for the shitwork and me, Stan "The Man" Klein, to crack the whip and keep on-duty loafing at a minimum.
In another hour he'd be off-duty for twenty-four hours, after having been on-duty for the same, and he intended to be deep in the arms of Morpheus in two.
Even if the results are negative, it will be an effective method of eliminating a large number of staff members from the search so that we can concentrate more of our available time on the patients and on-duty ward staff.