Noun Definition

switch

1.Definition: a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

Category: General

2.Definition: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

Category: Objects

3.Definition: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Related Noun(s):permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition

Category: General

4.Definition: control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

Category: Objects

5.Definition: hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

Category: Objects

6.Definition: railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

Category: Objects

7.Definition: the act of changing one thing or position for another

"His switch on abortion cost him the election"

Related Noun(s):shift

Category: General