switchbacky

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adjective

In the nature of a switchback.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. informalIn 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

From switchback + -y.

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APA

switchbacky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switchbacky

MLA

“switchbacky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switchbacky. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “switchbacky,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switchbacky.

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