A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
A change or exchange.
(Philippines, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
Synonym of rute.
A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
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.
A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
(especially) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
(slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
(metonymically, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
A play in which the ball (or equivalent) is moved from one side of the playing area to the other.
The process of the currently fronting headmate changing; an instance of this.

(transitive) To exchange.
(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
(transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.
(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
(intransitive, slang) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
To swing or whisk.
To be swung or whisked.
To trim.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
To shift to another circuit.
(intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
(transitive) To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.

(not-comparable) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
(not-comparable) Pertaining to skiing backwards.

switches

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switch

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/ˈswɪt͡ʃ.ɪz/

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