ALL meanings of switch-on
switch-on
S s - verb with object switch-on to shift or exchange: The two girls switched their lunch boxes. 1
- idioms switch-on 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. 1
- verb without object switch-on Bridge. to lead a card of a suit different from the suit just led by oneself or one's partner. 1
- verb without object switch-on Basketball. to execute a switch. 1
- verb without object switch-on to be shifted, turned, etc., by means of a switch. 1
- verb without object switch-on to move or sway back and forth, as a cat's tail. 1
- verb without object switch-on to exchange or replace something with another: He used to smoke this brand of cigarettes, but he switched. 1
- verb without object switch-on to change direction or course; turn, shift, or change. 1
- verb without object switch-on to strike with or as with a switch. 1
- verb with object switch-on Movies, Television. to shift rapidly from one camera to another in order to change camera angles or shots. 1
- verb with object switch-on Railroads. to move or transfer (a train, car, etc.) from one set of tracks to another. to drop or add (cars) or to make up (a train). 1
- verb with object switch-on Electricity. 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. 1
- verb with object switch-on to turn, shift, or divert: to switch conversation from a painful subject. 1
- noun switch-on a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining. 1
- verb with object switch-on to move, swing, or whisk (a cane, a fishing line, etc.) with a swift, lashing stroke. 1
- verb with object switch-on to whip or beat with a switch or the like; lash: He switched the boy with a cane. 1
- noun switch-on a tuft of hair at the end of the tail of some animals, as of the cow or lion. 1
- noun switch-on Basketball. a maneuver in which two teammates on defense shift assignments so that each guards the opponent usually guarded by the other. 1
- noun switch-on Bridge. a change to a suit other than the one played or bid previously. 1
- noun switch-on a turning, shifting, or changing: a switch of votes to another candidate. 1
- noun switch-on Railroads. a track structure for diverting moving trains or rolling stock from one track to another, commonly consisting of a pair of movable rails. 1
- noun switch-on Electricity. a device for turning on or off or directing an electric current or for making or breaking a circuit. 1
- noun switch-on 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. 1
- noun switch-on a slender growing shoot, as of a plant. 1
- noun switch-on an act of whipping or beating with or as with such an object; a stroke, lash, or whisking movement. 1