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switch
a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining. -
first consonant shift
the consonant shift described by Grimm's law, which distinguishes Germanic languages from other Indo-European languages. -
graveyard shift
a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours. -
second consonant shift
the consonant shift by which High German became differentiated from other Germanic languages. -
swing
to play (music) in the style of swing. -
blueshift
a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar system