SWITCHBACK


Meaning of SWITCHBACK in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

( -s )

Etymology: switch (II) + back (adverb)

1. : a zigzag road or trail in a mountainous region

roads which today's tourists climb in easy switchbacks — Ford Times

specifically : an arrangement of zigzag railroad tracks for surmounting the grade of a steep hill

2. or switchback railway Britain : roller coaster

II. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

1. : of or relating to a switchback : attained by means of switchbacks

switchback curves

a long switchback descent — Stephen Bone

2. : resembling a switchback (as in shape or variety of levels)

accident … explains his hero's switchback career — Information Please Almanac

III. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb

: to ride on or move as if on a switchback : zigzag in ascending or descending

a trail that switchbacked through rock and pine — Dan Cushman

• switchbacker ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun -s

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