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switch
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First known use in c. 1592.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sw?ch, IPA(key): /sw?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Noun
switch (plural switches)
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- A change or exchange.
- (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
- 2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15:
- "A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage.."
- 2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15:
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- 2004, "Curt", Can I use IF statements, and still use switches? (on newsgroup microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields)
- (computing, networking) 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.
- (telecommunications) 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.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- 2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
- Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.
- 2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
- (historical) 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.
Synonyms
- (section of railroad track): (UK) points
- (whip): crop
- (command-line notation): flag, option, specifier
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
switch (third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)
- (transitive) To exchange.
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To swing or whisk.
- to switch a cane
- To be swung or whisked.
- The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
- To trim.
- to switch a hedge
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- 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
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
Synonyms
- (to exchange): interchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
Translations
Adjective
switch (not comparable)
- (snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
- (freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
Coordinate terms
(snowboarding):
- goofy
- regular
Translations
See also
- switch off
- switch on
References
Further reading
- switch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- switch (corporal punishment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Noun
switch
- (BDSM) switch
Declension
French
Etymology
English switch
Adjective
switch
- (skiing, snowboarding) switch.
Portuguese
Etymology
From English switch.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?swit??/
Noun
switch m (plural switches or switch)
- (networking) switch (device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously)
- (computing) switch (command line notation allowing specification of optional behaviour)
- (programming) switch (construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression)
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dong
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Vietnamese ??ng, from Middle Chinese ? (duwng, “copper”) (compare Mandarin ? (tóng)), from Old Chinese ? (*l?o?).
Noun
dong (plural dongs or dong)
- The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ?
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown. Perhaps from The Dong with a Luminous Nose, an 1894 poem by Edward Lear about a mythical creature. Attested since the 1930s.
Noun
dong (plural dongs)
- (slang) A penis.
- 1983, "Penis Song" (from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)
- Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
- Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
- 1983, "Penis Song" (from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)
- (slang, by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
Synonyms
- (penis): See Thesaurus:penis.
Related terms
- ding-dong
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic
Noun
dong (plural dongs)
- Onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch.
Translations
Verb
dong (third-person singular simple present dongs, present participle donging, simple past and past participle donged)
- Of a bell: to make a low-pitched ringing sound.
Etymology 4
Korean ?(?) (dong, “neighborhood”)
Noun
dong (plural dongs)
- A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
Anagrams
- Gond, gnod
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
Syncope of dorang.
Pronoun
dong
- they
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Hyphenation: dong
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch *dong, from Old Dutch *dunga, from Proto-Germanic *dung?. Cognate to English dung.
Noun
dong m (uncountable)
- (dated, dialectal, Northern) dung, manure
- Synonym: mest
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Vietnamese ??ng.
Noun
dong m (plural dongs)
- dong, the currency of Vietnam
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dong
- singular past indicative of dingen
Hungarian
Etymology
From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?do??]
- Rhymes: -o??
- Homophone: ??ng
Verb
dong
- (intransitive, of an insect) to buzz, bumble, drone
- (intransitive, of a large hollow object) to boom, rumble, thunder (to make a dull, low-pitched, reverberating sound when hit)
Conjugation
or
Derived terms
- dongás
- dongó
(With verbal prefixes):
See also
- ??ng (“currency of Vietnam”)
References
Further reading
- dong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- dong in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
Mandarin
Romanization
dong
- Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of dòng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Noun
dong
- Alternative form of donge
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dong m (definite singular dongen, indefinite plural donger, definite plural dongene)
- (slang) condom
Portuguese
Noun
dong m (plural dongs)
- dong (currency of Vietnam)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [zaw??m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [jaw??m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaw??m??]
Verb
dong
- drive, escort
Noun
(classifier cây) dong
- Phrynium placentarium
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ù??
Etymology
From dyngj.
Noun
dong m (definite dongen)
- droppings, especially in a pen, especially sheep droppings mixed with straw residue, bedding and hay motes, which the sheep lie on in the sheep barn
Zou
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do??/
Verb
dong
- (transitive) to solicit
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do??/
Verb
dong
- (transitive) to intercept
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do???/
Verb
dóng
- (transitive) to hinder
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do???/
Verb
dòng
- (intransitive) to ask
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63
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