English

A toggle (sense 1)

A toggle (sense 2)

Noun

toggle ‎(plural toggles)

1. (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
2. (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
3. A toggle switch.
4. (Scouting) A circle of leather, plastic (Cub Scouts) etc, resembling a napkin holder to keep the neckerchief in place.
5. A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
6. (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.

Synonyms

• (scouting): woggle

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• frog

Translations

Verb

toggle ‎(third-person singular simple present toggles, present participle toggling, simple past and past participle toggled)

1. to alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.

   Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.

2. to switch between alternate states.

   toggle to lower/upper case

   You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Shift+C

Derived terms

• togglable, toggleable
• untoggle

Translations

References

• toggle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• goglet