SWITCH, noun A small flexible twig or rod. On the medal, Mauritania leads a horse by a thread with one hand, and in the other holds a switch SWITCH, verb transitive To strike with a small twig or rod; to beat; to lash. SWITCH, verb intransitive To walk with a jerk.
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