noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 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) wordnet
3. 3
   A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
4. 4
   a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions wordnet
5. 5
   A toggle switch.

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6. 6
   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 wordnet
7. 7
   An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
8. 8
   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.
9. 9
   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.

   "Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard."

10. 10
    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

1. 1
   To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.

   "Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off."

2. 2
   release by a toggle switch wordnet
3. 3
   To switch between alternate states.

   "toggle to lower/upper case"

4. 4
   fasten with, or as if with, a toggle wordnet
5. 5
   To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast. transitive

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6. 6
   provide with a toggle or toggles wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

anklearticulatearticulationbattenbatten downbolt

Antonyms

All antonyms

untoggle

Example

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"If you need more room on the screen, you can toggle the sidebar off."

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possible alteration of tug (“to pull”) + -le

Related phrases

toggle bolttoggle irontoggle jointtoggle switchtoggle valvesea paintertoggle irontoggle switch

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.