noun
- Any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time.
- A hinged switch that can assume either of two positions.
- synonyms: toggle switch, on-off switch, on/off switch
- A fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable. )
verb
- Provide with a toggle or toggles.
- Fasten with, or as if with, a toggle.
- Release by a toggle switch.
- usage: "toggle a bomb from an airplane"
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