switcheroon.

/swɪtʃəˈruː/

Etymology: < switch n. + -eroo suffix.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

= switch n. 9a, 3c; a change of position or an exchange, esp. one intended to surprise or deceive; a reversal or turn-about; spec. an unexpected change or ‘twist’ in a story. Also attributive, reversible, reversed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun]

gain-turning1340

reversion1547

regression1583

unmaking1587

retrogradation1638

repedation1646

metathesis1653

recommencement1655

antecedency1656

remutation1692

reconversion1759

relapsing1772

recurrence1789

revertal1824

switcheroo1933

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge > in exchange

shuffle1641

switcheroo1933

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > unexpected reversal

switcheroo1933

eucatastrophe1944

1933 Forum Dec. 372/2 We'll pull a switcheroo. We'll use olives instead [of cherries].

1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 81 All you gotta do to that story is to give it the switcheroo. Instead of the minister you got a young dame missionary, see.

1949 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Sept. 7 (advt.) Girls' ‘switcheroo’ jacket. One side's red or green corduroy and..the other side's a gay..wool plaid.

1953 C. M. Kornbluth Syndic v. 52 Two strapping girls..began to tear his clothes off, laughing at their switcheroo on the year's big gag.

1961 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 May 6/3 In Chapter X, then, with a neat whodunit switcheroo, Radin puts the finger on that most obvious suspect who, it appears, was cleared in too much haste.

1970 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death wears Mask vi. 102 I ought to have suggested it was a switcheroo. You know—criminal makes the discovery and informs the police.

1980 Fortune (U.S.) 7 Apr. 44/3 The arbitrator..turned out to be Daniel Collins,..who had upheld Equity in the 1976 row... Collins this time came down on the side of management. It was one of those great switcheroo endings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	switcheroo
释义	switcheroon. /swɪtʃəˈruː/ Etymology: < switch n. + -eroo suffix. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). = switch n. 9a, 3c; a change of position or an exchange, esp. one intended to surprise or deceive; a reversal or turn-about; spec. an unexpected change or ‘twist’ in a story. Also attributive, reversible, reversed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] gain-turning1340 reversion1547 regression1583 unmaking1587 retrogradation1638 repedation1646 metathesis1653 recommencement1655 antecedency1656 remutation1692 reconversion1759 relapsing1772 recurrence1789 revertal1824 switcheroo1933 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge > in exchange shuffle1641 switcheroo1933 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > unexpected reversal switcheroo1933 eucatastrophe1944 1933 Forum Dec. 372/2 We'll pull a switcheroo. We'll use olives instead [of cherries]. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 81 All you gotta do to that story is to give it the switcheroo. Instead of the minister you got a young dame missionary, see. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Sept. 7 (advt.) Girls' ‘switcheroo’ jacket. One side's red or green corduroy and..the other side's a gay..wool plaid. 1953 C. M. Kornbluth Syndic v. 52 Two strapping girls..began to tear his clothes off, laughing at their switcheroo on the year's big gag. 1961 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 May 6/3 In Chapter X, then, with a neat whodunit switcheroo, Radin puts the finger on that most obvious suspect who, it appears, was cleared in too much haste. 1970 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death wears Mask vi. 102 I ought to have suggested it was a switcheroo. You know—criminal makes the discovery and informs the police. 1980 Fortune (U.S.) 7 Apr. 44/3 The arbitrator..turned out to be Daniel Collins,..who had upheld Equity in the 1976 row... Collins this time came down on the side of management. It was one of those great switcheroo endings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1933
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