noun. A device by which a high-voltage switches and breakers can be flipped using a corded remote from a marked distance away instead of directly manipulating the switch. Clothing can also be used by the switch operator, but "higher powers" (like your boss) insist on keeping people out of the line of fire. Also known as a remote actuation device.
That breaker has 2,000 volts? We're going to need a chicken switch to flip that; I don't want to get cooked.
In Monster Hunter, a euphemism for the monster Deviljho, named such as it is up to twenty feet tall, hits with immense force, has the attitude of a hundred salty dogs, and has their appetite to boot. Players often find the monster crops up in missions (called hunts) and absolutely wreaks havoc on anything and everything that moves, including players.
The hunt was going fine until the damn death pickle showed up and wiped us all out in a couple of hits.