Noun

(en noun)

(video games, trademark) A , or other video game system made by Nintendo.

Wanna play on my Nintendo after school?

* 1995 , David Gladstone, ed., British Social Welfare: Past, Present, and Future , page 274

There is nothing wrong with the accoutrements of personal affluence, but if the numbers of personal stereos, Nintendos , mobile phones and cars grow […].

* 2005 , Lila Abu-Lughod, Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt , page 280

These professionals are the sort whose children play with Nintendos and own bikes

* 2005 , Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs Of A Geezer Dad , page 128

Franz: “How do elves make Nintendos ?” Dad: “You ask all the hard questions, don't you? I really don't know.”

* 2007 , Ilene Schneider, Chanukah Guilt , page 106

The only message at home was from my nephew, letting me know my mother was back home, safe and sound, except for a sore "Nintendo thumb".

* 2007 , Anthony Ham and Alison Bing, Morocco , Lonely Planet, ISBN 1740599748, page 34

He was far more interested in bullfighting, which was the Nintendo of the day, only considerably more dangerous

Noun

(es)

A device to turn electric current on]] and [[turn off, off or direct its flow.

A change.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=January 19 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post. }}

(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

* 2007 , Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World , Lulu.com, page 15:

"A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage. ."

(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.

(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

* 2004', "Curt", ''Can I use IF statements, and still use '''switches ?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields )

(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.

* 2012 , Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)

Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.

A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.