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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