toggle

Plural: toggles

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
• 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)
• 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.
• 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

Verb Forms: toggled, toggling, toggles

• To switch between two states or options, like a button.
• provide with a toggle or toggles
• fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
• release by a toggle switch
  • "toggle a bomb from an airplane"
• To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
• To switch between alternate states.
• To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.

Examples

• Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.
• He had to toggle between offensive and defensive strategies throughout the Words With Friends game.
• toggle to lower/upper case
• You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.

Synonyms

on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle switch

Anagrams of toggle