toggle
a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope similarly treated.
a toggle joint, or a device having one.
an ornamental, rod-shaped button for inserting into a large buttonhole, loop, or frog, used especially on sports clothes.
Theater.
Also called toggle rail . a wooden batten across the width of a flat, for strengthening the frame.
Also called toggle iron. a metal device for fastening a toggle rail to a frame.
to furnish with a toggle.
to bind or fasten with a toggle.
Informal. to turn, twist, or manipulate a toggle switch; dial or turn the switch of (an appliance): He toggled the TV between the baseball game and the news.
Origin of toggle
1Other words from toggle
- toggler, noun
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How to use toggle in a sentence
For the past week, I've toggled between Morning Phase and Top 40 radio, trying to answer that question.
Scott toggled back and forth between preacher mode—he opened with the lyrics to “Amazing Grace”—and chatty, story-telling mode.
Ted’s Excellent Adventure: How Cruz Rocked the Value Voters Summit | Michelle Cottle | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis problem was insoluble, so each toggled himself into his bag in a rather depressed state of mind.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonWall, may I be jiggle-toggled, shipmates, but sech a screechin' an' yellin' you never heered w'en we got aboard.
Woven with the Ship | Cyrus Townsend Brady"You can't know anything more about it until you have been toggled," replied Shuffles.
Outward Bound | Oliver Optic
The bowlines to the other sails are toggled to the bridles and lead forward.
The Seaman's Friend | Richard Henry DanaSo I toggled up the sleeping-bag and retired worn out into my own.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for toggle
/ (ˈtɒɡəl) /
a wooden peg or metal rod fixed crosswise through an eye at the end of a rope, chain, or cable, for fastening temporarily by insertion through an eye in another rope, chain, etc
a wooden or plastic bar-shaped button inserted through a loop for fastening
a pin inserted into a nautical knot to keep it secure
machinery a toggle joint or a device having such a joint
(tr) to supply or fasten with a toggle or toggles
computing (intr, often foll by between) to switch to a different option, view, application, etc
Origin of toggle
1Derived forms of toggle
- toggler, noun
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