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camp(y), US fruity, limp-wristed, Colloq queer, gay, Chiefly
Brit bent, US faggy, Slang kinky: He used to bring his swish
friends here, but not lately.
switch n. 1 twitch, lash, rod, whip, birch (rod), scourge: He picked
up the switch as if to hit me with it. 2 change, alteration,
exchange, shift, change-over, reversal, deflection, trade, swap
or swop: A switch of costume was done swiftly backstage,
yielding the expression 'quick-change artist'.
--v. 3 twitch, lash, whip, birch, beat, strike, thrash,
scourge, flog: The headmaster switched the boys for the
slightest misdemeanour. 4 change, shift, exchange, divert,
deviate: The colonel switched to another subject. They switched
the two stones, leaving the fake emerald. 5 divert, turn,
rechannel, redirect, direct: They switched the funds to another
project.
swivel v. 1 pivot, turn, rotate, spin, revolve, pirouette, move
freely: This joint allows the arm to swivel in all directions.
--n. 2 pivot, elbow-joint, gimbal, ball-and-socket joint: The
stern-chaser is fitted with a swivel, allowing it to be fired at
any angle.
swollen adj. enlarged, distended, inflated, bloated, bulging, puffed up
or out, tumid, tumescent, expanded, turgid, puffy, oversized,
outsized, Technical dropsical, hypertrophied, proud: My knee
was swollen for three days after that knock.
swoop v. 1 descend, dive, sweep down, pounce, stoop: The eagle
swooped down across the stream, catching a salmon in its talons.
--n. 2 descent, dive, sweep, pounce, stoop, stroke, blow, rush:
The police raid caught several drug dealers in one fell swoop.
19.16 sybarite...
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sybarite n. epicure, epicurean, hedonist, voluptuary, sensualist,
aesthete, gastronome, gourmet, bon vivant, bon viveur,
pleasure-seeker, playboy, jet-setter: These sybarites spend all