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switchback definition

☆ switch·back (swic̸h′bak′)

noun

  1. a road or railroad following a zigzag course up a steep grade
  2. Brit. roller coaster

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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