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SWITCHBACK
Etymology
Noun
switchback (plural switchbacks)
A zigzag path, road or railway track; especially a railway track in which the train travels in a reverse direction at each switch [from 1860s]
A hairpin bend.
(dated, UK) A roller coaster.
(UK) A route with alternate sharp ascents and descents.
Verb
switchback (third-person singular simple present switchbacks, present participle switchbacking, simple past and past participle switchbacked)
(of a path etc) To zigzag.
Synonym: zigzag
Source: Wiktionary
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