| switch | (noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another | Synonyms: shift, switching |
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| (noun) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other | - |
| (noun) a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | - |
| (noun) control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit | Synonyms: electric switch, electrical switch |
| (noun) railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock | - |
| (noun) hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure | - |
| (noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition |
| switchblade | (noun) a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button | Synonyms: flick-knife, flick knife, switchblade knife |
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| switchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, plugboard |
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| switcher | (noun) a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip | Synonyms: whipper |
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| switcheroo | (noun) a sudden unexpected switch | - |
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| switching | (noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another | Synonyms: shift, switch |
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| switchman | (noun) a man who operates railroad switches | - |
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| swither | (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, stew, sweat |
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| swivel | (noun) a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin | - |
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| swivet | (noun) a panic or extreme discomposure | - |
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| swiz | (noun) British slang for a swindle | - |
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| swizzle | (noun) any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice | - |
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| swob | (noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors | Synonyms: mop, swab |
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| swoon | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, faint, syncope |
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| swoop | (noun) a swift descent through the air | - |
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| (noun) a very rapid raid | - |
| (noun) (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale | Synonyms: slide |
| swoosh | (noun) the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) | Synonyms: whoosh |
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| swop | (noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: barter, swap, trade |
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| sword | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, steel |
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| swordfish | (noun) large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night | Synonyms: Xiphias gladius |
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| (noun) flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks | - |
| swordplay | (noun) the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | Synonyms: play |
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| swordsman | (noun) someone skilled at fencing | Synonyms: fencer |
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| swordsmanship | (noun) skill in fencing | - |
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| swordtail | (noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: helleri, topminnow, Xyphophorus helleri |
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| swot | (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, grind, nerd, wonk |
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