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switchbacky

switchbacky adjective: in the nature of a switchback.

Adjective

switchbacky

  1. (informal) In the nature of a switchback.
    • Four miles of switchbacky road, and then a restriction of 40 m.p.h. between East Ham and Barking followed.1939 November, Kenneth H. Leech, “Some Locomotive Reminiscences of a Minor Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 339

Origin of switchbacky

From switchback + -y.

Questions about switchbacky

What does switchbacky mean?
Switchbacky means in the nature of a switchback.
What part of speech is switchbacky?
Switchbacky is an adjective.

Words near switchbacky in the dictionary

  1. switcharounds
  2. switchback
  3. switchbacked
  4. switchbacking
  5. switchbacks
  6. switchbacky
  7. switchblade
  8. switchbladed
  9. switchblades
  10. switchblading
  11. switchboard

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