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switch


switch - noun

  • control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
  • an event in which one thing is substituted for another
  • hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
  • railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
  • a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
  • a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
  • the act of changing one thing or position for another

    • switch - verb

    • change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
    • exchange or give (something) in exchange for
    • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
    • make a shift in or exchange of
    • cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
    • flog with or as if with a flexible rod
    • reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

    switch - thesaurus

    alternate   change   exchange   flip   interchange   permutation   replacement   shift   substitution   swap   switching   swop   tack   throw   trade   transposition  

    Scrabble score for switch

    s is 1 w is 4 i is 1 t is 1 c is 3 h is 4
    Scrabble score = 14

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