toggle

[ UK /tˈɒɡə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈtɑɡəɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. provide with a toggle or toggles
  2. fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
  3. release by a toggle switch
    toggle a bomb from an airplane
NOUN
  1. a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
  2. 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)
  3. 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

How To Use toggle In A Sentence

  • At Hemp Knoll the bone toggle had been broken and subsequently decorated, suggesting a long history of use before being sewn onto the clothing or shroud of the deceased.
  • The toggle switch selects either pickup or both, in time honoured fashion.
  • Using the principle of a toggle bolt, each gripper would enter the hole flat and then spring open.
  • Black salopettes, matching waisted jacket with mink trim and even a jaunty co-ordinating fur toggle for my Grace Kelly ponytail. How to look the part on the piste
  • Bone and antler were used to make dress-pins, hair combs, toggles, needle-cases, handles for iron knives, awls and other domestic equipment.
  • Debug into why the radio button grouping (callback) is not fired when the radio button is toggled from the code. Planet go-oo
  • If you are unable to screw directly into the ceiling joists, the use of toggle bolts is permitted.
  • Jenny points to the popularity of hoods, vests, trainers and toggles in today's fashions.
  • Secure the track along its length with either toggle bolts or screws.
  • The mixer application includes a nice feature for headphone use: a toggle switch turns on a small pre-amp that boosts signal output.
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