toggle
To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
Noun
- 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.
- A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- A toggle switch.
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- 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.
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. - 1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting, page 19:
- 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.
Origin
Of uncertain origin. Possible alteration of tug (“to pull”) + -le
Forms
Derived
toggle bolt toggle iron toggle joint toggler toggle switch toggle valve
Verb
- To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
- Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.
- To switch between alternate states.
- toggle to lower/upper case
- You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.
- He’s that rare creature who’s equally powerful in the classics and popular fare, who’s dedicated to toggling between stage and screen. He is both prolific and enigmatic, disappearing into a dazzling range of characters....
- To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.