Alternative spelling of switch-hitter

(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.

A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light on or off.

A situation where two things are changed at once / (baseball) A replacement of two players simultaneously, typically so that a fielder can hit in the pitcher's spot in the batting order.

A light switch which can adjust the brightness of the switched lamp from dim to bright, as well as turning it on and off.

An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product.

(networking) A means of directing digitally encoded information in a communication network from its source to its destination, in which messages may be divided into smaller entities called packets, each of which travels independently through the network in paths based on moment to moment routing decisions made by the nodes through which they pass.

(transitive) To turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device. / (idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.

(military) In naval mine warfare, a switch in a mine operated by a projecting spike.

plural of light switch