Switcheroo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌswɪt͡ʃəˈɹuː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Switcheroo is a noun meaning (informal, Canada, US) A sneaky, unexpected, or clever swap or exchange.
Meaning
(informal, Canada, US) A sneaky, unexpected, or clever swap or exchange.
More Meanings
- (transitive, uncommon) To swap or exchange surreptitiously.
Example Sentences
Another day, the magic wind came and switcherooed Katie into a hairdresser named Sparkle.
The Manhattan Theater Club has pulled a switcheroo, delaying a planned production of Gone Home, by John Corwin, and replacing it with Four, by the 26-year-old playwright Christopher Shinn.
Elsewhere, it’s a ‘switcheroo’ ([Kevin] Kelly’s word, not mine) that will lend technology the working status of a vital force that, like ‘nature’, operates outside the reach of social imperatives.
In a corporate merger, it is usually the big company that buys a smaller one. Last week Boston's up & coming Tracerlab, Inc. pulled a switcheroo. Tracerlab, which grossed only $1,700,000 last year, bought the much bigger ($8,000,000 gross) Kelley-Koett Mfg. Co.
Word Forms
- switcheroos
- switcharoo
- switcherooing
- switcherooed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include swopper, shifter, makeshift, sockeroo, rook, shockeroo.
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