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  1. noun A slender flexible rod, stick, or twig, especially one used for whipping.
  2. noun The bushy tip of the tail of certain animals: a cow's switch.
  3. noun A thick strand of real or synthetic hair used as part of a coiffure.

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  1. Probably of Low German or Flemish origin.

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  1. Formerly also swich; an assibilated form of swick, from Middle Dutch swick, a whip, a switch, also a brandishing, from swicken, swing, wag; cf. Icelandic sveigr, svigi = Norwegian svige, sveg = Swedish sveg, a switch; connected with Swedish sviga, bend; cf. sway, swing. With swing is ult. connected Middle Dutch swanck, a switch, from swancken, Dutch zwanken, bend.
  2. Formerly also swich; from switch, n.; in part prob. of more orig. standing, representing the verb from which switch is ult. derived.
 

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