toggle
IPA: tˈɑgʌɫ
noun
- (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.
- (in particular, fashion) 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.
- (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.
verb
- To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
- To switch between alternate states.
- (nautical, transitive) To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.
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Examples of "toggle" in Sentences
- The result is a toggle type action.
- Consider a lamp with a toggle switch.
- A toggle lever is pivotably mounted on the sled.
- On some laptops there is an fn key to toggle it.
- A ram is operatively connectable to the toggle links.
- The technology, called toggle-mode DDR, is also a rival to the
- The central support of the toggle rests on and engages the bolt head.
- The jaws and toggle members are all flexibly connected by live hinges.
- The shaft of the toggle is engaged in an opening in an articulated arm.
- And it's really interesting to watch her kind of toggle back and forth.
- No eyelets, no sleeve, no halyard line for your rope and toggle, it with.
- This toggle indicates the receiving host that the nibble is ready to be read.
- BMW The interior features many design points such as toggle switches, an oversized speedometer and a curved dashboard and door panels.
- The toggle is a concession of some sort to the extreme and to idealists about something other than privacy and phpBB's reputation -- people like me.
- The company sold $250 million of so-called toggle debt due in May 2020 on Nov. 20 that allows it to pay a 10.5 percent interest rate either in cash or notes for the first five years.
- The toggle is a little wooden case into which a peg, joining the ends of the two lower lines of the bridle, is set in such a way that a jerk on the line will free it, causing the log to lie flat so that it can be hauled in.
- Even testers with smaller hands, however, commented on the fact that the S780's back panel buttons feel a little cramped, making it hard to make clean presses (on every button except the appropriately large zoom toggle, that is) unless you're pretty deliberate about it.
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