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71switch cane — ☆ switch cane n. a small bamboo (Arundinaria tecta) native to the SE U.S …
72switch grass — n. a type of tall panic grass (Panicum virgatum), usually found in the North American prairie and used for fodder or as an ornamental: also written switchgrass …
73switch-hitter — ☆ switch hitter [swich′hit′ər ] n. 1. a baseball player who can bat from either side of home plate, usually batting right handed against a left handed pitcher and left handed against a right handed pitcher 2. Informal a person who is competent in …
74switch|back — «SWIHCH BAK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a section of a railroad or highway built in a zigzag course up a steep grade, as on the side of a mountain, by means of which the rate of climb of the roadbed is held within a tolerable range: »The trail began… …
75switch|board — «SWIHCH BRD, BOHRD», noun. a panel or group of panels with electric switches and plugs for opening, closing, combining, controlling, measuring, and protecting a number of electric circuits. Some telephone switchboards have plugs for connecting… …
76switch|er|oo — «SWIHCH uh ROO», noun. U.S. Slang. a sudden, startling change, as in character, appearance, or action; sudden reversal: »As things seem to be moving toward a sordid triangle case, [she] pulls her switcheroo (Newsweek) …
77switch|er — «SWIHCH uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that switches. 2. U.S. a railroad engine used for switching cars and making up trains in a railroad yard: »The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ordered 25…road switchers (Wall Street Journal). 3. a… …
78switch|gear — «SWIHCH GIHR», noun. the device operating switches in electric circuits …
79switch|grass — «SWIHCH GRAS, GRAHS», noun. a tall panic grass found from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains, used especially for hay …
80switch|man — «SWIHCH muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a man in charge of one or more railroad switches, as at a junction or siding. 2. a man who helps with the shifting of cars and makeup of trains, as at a sorting yard or freight terminal …
