a. rare. [f. SWITCH sb. + -Y.] Of the nature of or resembling a switch or slender rod; moving or bending like a switch.
1812. Combe, Picturesque, xx. 227. And now, perhaps, her switchy tail Hangs on a barn-door from a nail!
1856. Ruskin, Mod. Paint., IV. V. i. § 10. They have the exact switchy sway of the sail that is always straining against the wind.
1879. Eliz. S. Phelps, Sealed Orders (1880), 157. It’s a slender, switchy stock, Mr. Graven; may bend, may break.
