(n.) A small, flexible twig or rod.
(n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for
transferring cars from one track to another.
(n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at
jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
(n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to
another circuit.
(v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
(v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
(v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge.
(v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer
by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a
train; to switch a car from one track to another.
(v. t.) To shift to another circuit.
(v. i.) To walk with a jerk.
