Switch

/swɪt͡ʃ/ · noun

Meaning

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow..

Definitions by Sense

1. A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
2. A change or exchange.
3. (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
4. A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
5. (music) Synonym of rute.
6. (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
7. (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
8. (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

Example Sentences

After many complications and sudden switches of career and identity for all […] they end up selling out for fame and money, and leave the boardwalk for good.

Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.

This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.

Their mother would walk out into the yard and cut a switch from a tree and beat him—beat him, it seemed to Florence, until any other boy would have fallen down dead; […]

"A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage.."

Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.

Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.

Once a sign of surrender and lead protection, the backwards kick plays a role in one of the most enterprising, enjoyable phases of the modern game: the switch. In an era where zones, presses, zone-presses and floods are ever present, the switch breaks through these tactical innovations like a hot knife through butter.

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• switches
• switching
• switched

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