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big switch

big switch noun: the switch controlling one's radio equipment.

Noun

big switch (plural big switches)

  1. (CB radio slang) The switch controlling one's radio equipment.
    • I saw the thin pencil of smoke before I smelt the heated wax. Automatically I hit the big switch. Sitting mute, I watched the faint line of smoke fade into oblivion, and with it went the hopes of this CQ Contest... The Receiver power trannie had packed up.1968, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 52
    • This is the cliché-er who will see you further down the log because he has to pull the big switch and modulate the mattress.1986, 73 Amateur Radio, numbers 304-315, page 30

Forms of big switch

pluralbig switches

Questions about big switch

What does big switch mean?
Big switch means the switch controlling one's radio equipment.
What part of speech is big switch?
Big switch is a noun.
What is the plural of big switch?
The plural of big switch is big switches.

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