switch

Etymology
Perhaps from. .

Noun

 * 1) A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
 * 2) A change or exchange.
 * 3)  A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
 * 4) A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
 * 5)  A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
 * Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
 * 1)  A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
 * 5)  One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
 * 6)  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.
 * 7)  A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
 * 8)  A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
 * 4)  One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
 * 7)  A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
 * 1)  A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
 * 1)  A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.

Synonyms

 * (UK) points

Translations

 * Afrikaans: skakel, skakelaar
 * Arabic: مِقْلَاد
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܦܬܵܚܵܐ
 * Azerbaijani: dəyişdirici,
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: выключа́льнік, выключа́цель, пераключа́льнік, ключ
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: interruptor
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, přepínač
 * Danish: omskifter, afbryder
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŝaltilo
 * Estonian: lüliti
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Fula:
 * Adlam: 𞤱𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤵
 * Roman: waylu
 * Georgian: გადართოთ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: ચાંપ
 * Haitian Creole: chanje
 * Haryanvi: खटका
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: commutator
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 開閉器,
 * Kazakh: ажыратқыш, айырғыш, сөндіргіш
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 개폐기(開閉器)
 * Kyrgyz: ажыраткыч,
 * Lao: ສວິດໄຟ, ສະຫວິດໄຟ
 * Latvian: slēdzis
 * Lithuanian: jungiklis
 * Luhya: eswichi
 * Macedonian: прекинувач
 * Malay:
 * Maori: pana
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠤᠨᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ, ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠡ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: brytar
 * Pali: vijjuppavāhaniyāmaka
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: on/off, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: прекѝда̄ч
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: spínač, prepínač
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kabtol
 * Tajik: васлкунак,
 * Telugu: స్విచ్చి
 * Thai: สวิตช์
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: wyklýuçatel, çybyk
 * Ukrainian: вимика́ч, перемика́ч,
 * Urdu: سُوِیچ
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:, , đóng ngắt
 * Welsh: switsh


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ
 * Belarusian: стрэ́лка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: sporskifte, skiftespor
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Ingrian: strelkka
 * Interlingua: cambio
 * Irish: ladhróg
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: pārmija
 * Macedonian: свртница
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pens, sporveksel
 * Nynorsk: pens, sporveksel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: aparelho de mudança de via,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: скре́тница
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: kretnica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: стрі́лка
 * Welsh: cledren droi, troblat, iard drefnu


 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܒܘܼܛܵܐ
 * Bashkir: сыбыҡ
 * Bulgarian: гъ́вкава пръ́чка
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: прачка
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norman: houssinne
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: prylestokk
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко̀рба̄ч
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Welsh:, gwialen


 * Catalan: interruptor,
 * Czech: přepínač
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: svitsj
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:


 * Belarusian: камута́тар
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: развод
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: central telefónica, central telefônica
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: скло̏пка
 * Roman:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: комута́тор
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: chuyển mạch
 * Welsh: switsh


 * Belarusian: камута́тар
 * Bulgarian: суи́ч
 * Czech: přepínač
 * Esperanto: enkursigilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , Netzwerkweiche
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: สวิตช์
 * Ukrainian: комута́тор
 * Vietnamese: bộ chuyển mạch, thiết bị chuyển mạch
 * Welsh: switsh


 * Esperanto: plurrolulo


 * Georgian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Malayalam:

Verb

 * 1)  To exchange.
 * 2)  To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
 * 3)  To whip or hit with a switch.
 * 4)  To change places, tasks, etc.
 * 5)  To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
 * 6) To swing or whisk.
 * to switch a cane
 * 1) To be swung or whisked.
 * The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
 * 1) To trim.
 * 2) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
 * to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another
 * 1)  To shift to another circuit.
 * 2)  To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
 * 1) To trim.
 * 2) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
 * to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another
 * 1)  To shift to another circuit.
 * 2)  To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
 * 1)  To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:switch

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܚܠܸܦ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: interŝanĝi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: החליף
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 取り換える,
 * Macedonian: разменува, сменува
 * Malay:
 * Maori: whakawhiti, whakawhitiwhiti
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak: vymeniť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: превключвам
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: zhasnout,  rozsvítit,
 * Esperanto: ŝalti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua: excambiar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 切り替える
 * Macedonian: шалта, прешалтува
 * Maori: takahuri, whakakā
 * Norman: souitchi
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:, , , , , ,


 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܒ݂ܹܛ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Esperanto: vergi
 * Finnish:, antaa piiskaa
 * French:
 * Interlingua: commutar
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua: cambiar
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 切り替える
 * Macedonian: сменува, разменува
 * Maori: takahuri
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:


 * Interlingua: (3 ?)

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
 * 2)  Pertaining to skiing backwards.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Finnish:
 * French:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  switch

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1)  One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
 * 1)  One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously
 * 2)   command line notation allowing specification of optional behaviour
 * 3)   construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression