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Definitions for Switch

[1] a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
[2] an act of whipping or beating with or as with such an object; a stroke, lash, or whisking movement.
[3] a slender growing shoot, as of a plant.
[4] a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.
[5] Electricity . a device for turning on or off or directing an electric current or for making or breaking a circuit.
[6] Railroads . a track structure for diverting moving trains or rolling stock from one track to another, commonly consisting of a pair of movable rails.
[7] a turning, shifting, or changing: a switch of votes to another candidate.
[8] Bridge . a change to a suit other than the one played or bid previously.
[9] Basketball . a maneuver in which two teammates on defense shift assignments so that each guards the opponent usually guarded by the other.
[10] a tuft of hair at the end of the tail of some animals, as of the cow or lion.
[11] to whip or beat with a switch or the like; lash: He switched the boy with a cane.
[12] to move, swing, or whisk (a cane, a fishing line, etc.) with a swift, lashing stroke.
[13] to shift or exchange: The two girls switched their lunch boxes.
[14] to turn, shift, or divert: to switch conversation from a painful subject.
[15] Electricity . to connect, disconnect, or redirect (an electric circuit or the device it serves) by operating a switch (often followed by off or on ): I switched on a light.
[16] Railroads . to move or transfer (a train, car, etc.) from one set of tracks to another. to drop or add (cars) or to make up (a train).
[17] Movies , Television . to shift rapidly from one camera to another in order to change camera angles or shots.
[18] to strike with or as with a switch.
[19] to change direction or course; turn, shift, or change.
[20] to exchange or replace something with another: He used to smoke this brand of cigarettes, but he switched.
[21] to move or sway back and forth, as a cat's tail.
[22] to be shifted, turned, etc., by means of a switch.
[23] Basketball . to execute a switch.
[24] Bridge . to lead a card of a suit different from the suit just led by oneself or one's partner.
[25] asleep at the switch , Informal . failing to perform one's duty, missing an opportunity, etc., because of negligence or inattention: He lost the contract because he was asleep at the switch.
[26] a mechanical, electrical, electronic, or optical device for opening or closing a circuit or for diverting energy from one part of a circuit to another
[27] a swift and usually sudden shift or change
[28] an exchange or swap
[29] a flexible rod or twig, used esp for punishment
[30] the sharp movement or blow of such an instrument
[31] a tress of false hair used to give added length or bulk to a woman's own hairstyle
[32] the tassel-like tip of the tail of cattle and certain other animals
[33] any of various card games in which the suit is changed during play
[34] US and Canadian a railway siding
[35] US and Canadian a railway point
[36] Australian informal See switchboard
[37] to shift, change, turn aside, or change the direction of (something)
[38] to exchange (places); replace (something by something else) the battalions switched fronts
[39] mainly US and Canadian to transfer (rolling stock) from one railway track to another
[40] (tr) to cause (an electric current) to start or stop flowing or to change its path by operating a switch
[41] to swing or cause to swing, esp back and forth
[42] (tr) to lash or whip with or as if with a switch

Words related to Switch

shift, alteration, transformation, reversal, about-face, convert, veer, replace, turn, swap, divert, substitution, interchange, deviate, deflect, trade, rearrange, sidetrack, turnabout, substitute

Words nearby Switch

swiss steak, swiss tournament, swisser, swissvale, swit., switch, switch box, switch cane, switch engine, switch grass, switch off

Origin of Switch

1585–95; earlier swits, switz slender riding whip, flexible stick; compare Low German (Hanoverian) schwutsche long, thin stick

Other words from Switch

switch·a·ble , adjective
switch·er , noun
switch·like , adjective
un·switch·a·ble , adjective
un·switched , adjective

Word origin for Switch

C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch branch, twig

Synonyms for Switch

about-face, alteration, reversal, shift, transformation, substitution, swap, change of direction