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switch
Synonyms and Antonyms of switch
- He struck the horse's hide with a leather switch, and it took off at a gallop.
- That telltale switch of the cat's tail meant there was a mouse under the piano.
- In frustration, he gave the mule a sharp switch on the rump, but it still wouldn't budge.
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, lash, lick, pelt, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO
battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
switch
Synonyms and Antonyms of switch
- switched the real grapes for fake ones
- switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday
- cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud
- The cow switched at flies with its tail.
blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate
bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack
bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather, lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp, whop (or whap), whup, work over
- a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues
- a prank for which the youngsters were soundly switched
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp
blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap
beat up on
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