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noun
the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
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noun use of verb phrase switch on
noun use of verb phrase switch on
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Switch on
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noun
1.
a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
2.
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.
EXPANDElectricity. 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.
COLLAPSEa tuft of hair at the end of the tail of some animals, as of the cow or lion.
verb (used with object)
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.
EXPANDElectricity. 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.
verb (used without object)
Idiom18.
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.
EXPANDto be shifted, turned, etc., by means of a switch.
23.
Basketball. to execute a switch.
24.
COLLAPSEBridge. 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.
Origin:
1585–95; earlier swits, switz slender riding whip, flexible stick; compare Low German (Hanoverian) schwutsche long, thin stick
1585–95; earlier swits, switz slender riding whip, flexible stick; compare Low German (Hanoverian) schwutsche long, thin stick
Related forms
switch·a·ble, adjective
switch·er, noun
switch·like, adjective
un·switch·a·ble, adjective
un·switched, adjective
Synonyms
7. change, shift, alternation, substitution.
7. change, shift, alternation, substitution.
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World English Dictionary
| switch on | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to cause (a device) to operate by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn on |
| 2. | informal (tr) to produce (charm, tears, etc) suddenly or automatically |
| 3. | informal (tr) (now slightly dated) to make up-to-date, esp regarding outlook, dress, etc |
| 4. | slang (tr) to arouse emotionally or sexually |
| 5. | slang (intr) to take or become intoxicated by drugs |
| 6. | slang (tr) to introduce (someone) to drugs |
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Word Origin & History
switch
c.1611, "to strike with a switch," from switch (n.). The meaning "turn off or on" is first recorded 1853, of trains on tracks, 1881 of electricity, 1932 of radio or (later) television. Sense of "shift, divert" is from 1860. Meaning "to change one thing for another" is recorded
EXPANDfrom 1919. Switch-hitter is 1930s in baseball slang, 1956 in the sense of "bisexual person." Switchback in ref. to zig-zag railways is recorded from 1863.
COLLAPSE
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Slang Dictionary
switch definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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switch on definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
switch on
Produce as if operating by a control, as in She switched on the charm as soon as he walked in. [Mid-1900s] Also see switch off.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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