What is the meaning of SWITCH. Phrases containing SWITCH
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Bill of fare at railroad eating house
Switchman
Switching technique in which the engine pulls away from a car or cars she has started rolling, permitting them to be switched onto a track other than that taken by the engine. The switch is thrown instantly after the engine has passed it and just before the cars reach it. This procedure, common in bygone days, is now frowned upon by officials
System of tracks for making up trains or storing cars. (Boomer's version: "System of rust surrounded y fence and inhabited by a dumb bunch of natives who will not let a train in or out.") Also called garden and ield. Yard geese are yard switchmen. Y.M. is yardmaster. Yard goat is switching engine
Make a flying switch
cold tea
Member of the crew that follows the engine in switching
Crank the chicken switch is American military slang for to eject from an aircraft or space craft.
In computing, big red switch is slang for the power switch.
Switch−hitter is American and Canadian slang for a bisexual person.
Switch off is British slang for to ignore.
To bring in quickly, to incite promptness. "Now's your time, boys; switch in and let them have it."
Switch on is slang for to take or become intoxicated by drugs. Switch on is slang for to introduce someone to drugs.Switch on is slang for to arouse emotionally or sexually.
Switched−on is slang for excited, under the influence of drugs. Switched−on is British slang for fashionable.Switched−on is British slang for alert, bright.
Switcheroo is American slang for a surprising or unexpected change or variation.
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v. t.
To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
n.
A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
n.
A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
v. i.
To walk with a jerk.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Switch
pl.
of Switchman
a.
Whisking.
n.
One who tends a switch on a railway.
n.
A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
imp. & p. p.
of Switch
v. t.
To trim, as, a hedge.
v. t.
To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
n.
A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
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A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.
n.
A small, flexible twig or rod.
v. t.
To shift to another circuit.
n.
A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
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A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
v. t.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
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