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switched, a. and ppl. a.|swɪtʃt|
[f. switch n. and v. + -ed.]
†1. adj. Of a horse: Having a switch tail (see switch n. 9). Obs.
1769Stratford Jubilee i. i. 8 The full tailed blacks, and the switched roans.
2. ppl. a. Of cream: Whipped. Also, of an egg. rare.
1909Brown & Polson's Corn-Flour Recipe Bk. 26 When cold, turn out and serve with switched cream. 1931A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle iii. ix. 602 I'm to have a switched egg.
3. a. Of a mechanism: turned on or off by a switch. Also fig.
1962Listener 28 June 1131/1 His characters were understandably so permanently switched on that their moments of crisis were brought about by the small talk of others. 1968P. Marlowe Hire me a Hearse vii. 101 He hung up the picture with the switched-off mike. 1968Listener 25 July 127/2 The screen of a switched-on television. 1974J. Wainwright Evidence I shall Give i. 9 The switched-on light would emphasise the possible importance of..the one room..with the light still burning. 1977Times 15 Aug. 2/1 Switched-off heating in every unoccupied room.
b. switched-on: aware of all that is considered fashionable and up to date. Cf. turned on s.v. turned ppl. a. 8. Less frequently, in contrast, switched-off. slang.
1964House & Garden Nov. 78/2, I..want..to open a department store which caters for switched-on people. 1966Punch 29 June 946/1 But nowhere have I come across a word of guidance for the ‘out’ crowd—the vast, non-swinging, switched off, palateless, utterly without-it lot who dominate the community. 1967N. Fitzgerald Affairs of Death viii. 141 They must be more switched on than I gave them credit for being. 1970D. Devine Illegal Tender ii. 25 Her mother wasn't switched on, she knew nothing of modern fashion. 1972D. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia xxv. 153 The fine beautiful free life. The switched-on scene. 1979‘A. Hailey’ Overload iv. iii. 302 She had delivered the tapes to that switched-on black woman who worked for a newspaper. 1982London Rev. Bks. IV. xxiv. 7/2 What Amis's sprezzatura is saying is that most of his readers are out of touch, old fogies, Prufrock retreads, switched-off.
4. adj. and ppl. a. Electr. Having a switch; obtained by switching; subjected to switching.
1961IBM Jrnl. Res. & Devel. V. 93 A phase reversal data transmission system is described, capable of operating at 2000 bauds over private telephone lines and at 1200 bauds over switched networks. 1971Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iii. vi. 12 Switched beam direction finder. 1971Physics Bull. Oct. 612/3 The instrument can be used for checking all types of digital logic... Three switched frequency ranges are standard (0–50 kHz, 0–500 kHz, 0–5 MHz). 1974Harvey & Bohlman Stereo F.M. Radio Handbk. v. 106 (caption) Mullard switched decoder. |