switchback in English

noun
1
a 180° bend in a road or path, especially one leading up the side of a mountain.
The trick with this route is to park a car at the your end-point on the road (usually the second switchback down the east-slope side of the pass).
2
a road, path, or railroad with alternate sharp ascents and descents.
They're more like a journey on a switchback that suddenly becomes a mass parade and then a plunge in icy water.
verb
1
(of a road or vehicle) make a series of switchback turns.
a road that switchbacked up blue and distant hills

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1. To negotiate some of these, vehicles have to use a switchback.

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4. Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation Adjourns Special Meeting of Stockholders to February 25, 2021 to Allow Stockholders More Time to Vote

5. Cheops can also be the starting point of a great alpine traverse which goes from Cheops in the North to Martin Peak and Switchback Peak farther south

6. Bangup formed AlphaSarging with his mates SwitchBack and TenHunter mostly based around the mall in Bristol, especially C&A and the off licence on the corner between Tescos and Sarah’s Tanning Salon

7. You can choose from many adrenalin sports, like paragliding, climbing, bridging, trips on quads... and many others. And don ́t forget to try the bobsleigh track (1 400 m long; open all 4 seasons), tennis courts, squash, bowling, swimming pool with switchback.