On Duty

Definition: On Duty

On Duty

Adjective

1. 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.".

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Synonyms: On Duty

Action

Adjective: doing; Verb: acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in operation.

Activity

Working, at work, on duty, in harness; up in arms; on one's legs, at call; up and doing, up and stirring.

Crosswords: On Duty

It's a thing of beauty when Chance is on duty! (Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco; writing credit: Chris Hauty)

Boss' dick got to stay limp, right? See, I ain't on duty so my dick can be hard. (Beverly Hills Cop; writing credit: Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.)

I'm on duty. (Dick Tracy; writing credit: Jim Cash)

Don't worry, Chief, Inspector Gadget is always on duty. (Inspector Gadget; writing credit: Nezihe Araz)

Cutie on Duty (1943)

On Duty (2000)

Girls On Duty (1994)

Lifeguard on Duty (1991)

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Books

• No Lifeguard on Duty (Brio Girls, 8) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ren & Stimpy Show: On Duty (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Figure 9. Sands sounder invented by Commander Benjamin F. Sands, USN, while on duty with the U. S. Coast Survey in 1857. Compression of the spring actuated levers, which separated the symmetric halves of the weight which then fell to the bottom. A valve was actuated creating a void which allowed sediment to enter the tube. Pulling up the line reset the valve capturing the bottom sample. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Desert aircraft on duty.

U.S. Marine Hospital, New Orleans, La. : Personnel- Officers on Duty. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Day nurses come on duty. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Letterpress reproduction of an oil painting by Frank E. Zuccarelli, depicting a "Salty Sailor" on board USS Strong (DD-758), while on duty with Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, July 1972. Credit: NAVY.

Crewmen load a "Hedgehog" anti-submarine mortar, while on duty in Inchon Harbor, South Korea. Photo is dated 21 December 1950. Apnok, the former USS Rockford (PF-48), had been transferred to the ROK Navy in October 1950. Note striped armbands worn by some of these men. Credit: NAVY.

Fort Story coast defense. An airplane spotter on duty at Fort Story, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. Lewis J. Lerner, a Boston brewer, is a member of the Marblehead flotilla of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Regular Coast Guard uniforms are issued to temporary reservists while on duty. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Cavalier. The young soldier and his horse on duty [a]t camp Cheyenne / photo and copyright by Grabill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Guards on duty during the railroad strike. Credit: Library of Congress.

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He was busy with his great work on Duty, which unfortunately is left incomplete.

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Business

The import duty on plastic raw material and resins ranges form 15 to 25 percent and sales tax is 15 percent on duty paid value. (references)

Civil Liberties

Austria

Authorities ruled that three policemen on duty at the time should be tried for abuse of a prisoner; legal action is expected to begin in 2002. In July 1999, the Interior Ministry created the Human Rights Advisory Council, composed of representatives from the Justice and Interior Ministries, as well as NGO's, to ensure that the police and gendarmerie respect human rights while carrying out their duties. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Only the National Penitentiary has a nurse on duty 24 hours a day. (references)

Ecuador

Both policemen were charged; however, they remained on duty at year's end. (references)

Trade

India

A special additional duty will continue to be charged at 4 percent on all products, except on duty free imports. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

Cardiologist on duty 24 hours/day. (references)

Kuwait

The quality of medical care in Kuwait will vary depending on the facility, the personnel on duty and the nature of the medical problem. (references)

Women

Brazil

For example, 20 percent lacked a conventional telephone line, 53 percent lacked police officers trained in dealing with violence against women, and 77 percent did not have an officer on duty 24 hours a day. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "on duty": be on duty ♦ doctor on duty ♦ officer on duty ♦ on duty for the day ♦ orderly on duty ♦ person on duty ♦ student on duty ♦ subunit on duty. Additional references.

Albanian

në shërbim, në punë (live, on the job). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في الخدمة, ‏يقظ (alert, awake, awoke, careful, circumspect, jaunty, lively, mindful, napless, observant, open-eyed, prompt, springy, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide awake), ‏تحت الطاعة و الأمر. (various references)

Chinese 

執勤 (be on duty), 值班 (be on duty), 上班 (to be on duty, to go to the office, to go to work, to start work). (various references)

Czech

ve službì. (various references)

Danish

erstatning for arbejdsuheld eller erhvervssygdomme (compensation for accidents when on duty or occupational diseases). (various references)

Dutch

op post staan (be on duty, stand guard), wacht hebben (be on duty, serve), schadeloosstelling voor arbeidsongevallen of beroepsziekten (compensation for accidents when on duty or occupational diseases), posten (be on duty, post, stand guard), dienst hebben (be on duty, serve). (various references)

Esperanto

posteni (be on duty, stand guard), deĵori (be on duty, serve). (various references)

Finnish

päivystää (be on duty, serve). (various references)

French

en éveil (on call), de service, de garde (on call). (various references)

German

diensthabend. (various references)

Greek 

εφημερεύω (be on duty), αποζημίωση για εργατικά ατυχήματα (compensation for accidents when on duty or occupational diseases), αποζημίωση για επαγγελματικές ασθένειες (compensation for accidents when on duty or occupational diseases). (various references)

Hebrew 

תור� י, בתפקי�" (in charge of, on the job). (various references)

Hungarian

szolgálatban. (various references)

Italian

indennizzo per infortuni sul lavoro o malattie professionali (compensation for accidents when on duty or occupational diseases). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"直 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

とうちょく. (various references)

Pig Latin

onay utyday

Portuguese

de serviço, de plantão. (various references)

Romanian

de serviciu (ancillary, official, orderly). (various references)

Russian 

на дежурстве. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

na dužnosti (duty: on duty), lice na dužnosti (person on duty), dežuran (call: on call, duty: on duty, orderly). (various references)

Spanish

estar de servicio (be in attendance), estar de guardia (picket), de servicio (service). (various references)

Swedish

vakthavande (be on duty), tjänstgörande, jourhavande (on duty for the day), i tjänst. (various references)

Turkish

iş başında (at work, in charge, on the job, up and doing), görevli (attendant, employee, functionary, incumbent, office bearer), görevde. (various references)

Ukrainian

службовий (ancillary, ministerial, office, official, service), на чергуванні. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: donut.

-2 letters: doty, dunt, duty, tody, tony, undo, undy, unto, yond.

-3 letters: don, dot, dun, duo, nod, not, nut, oud, out, tod, ton, toy, tun, udo, yod, yon, you.

-4 letters: do, no, nu, od, on, oy, to, un, ut, yo.

+2 letters: autodyne, rotundly.

+3 letters: autodynes, jocundity, rotundity, tourneyed, youthened.

+4 letters: doubtingly, inundatory, orotundity, profundity, understory, undulatory, untowardly, unwontedly.

+5 letters: countryfied, countryside, countrywide, documentary, dysfunction, moribundity, nonauditory, nonindustry, outstudying, outyielding, typefounder, undoubtedly, unorthodoxy.