toggle (n.)

  1. 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

  2. a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions

    [ Syn: toggle switch , on-off switch , on/off switch ]

  3. 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)

    toggle (v.)

  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'

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