1. A hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
   "He flipped the toggle switch to turn on the lights";
   - toggle switch, on-off switch, on/off switch
    
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)
   "He secured the tarp using a toggle and loop fastener"
    
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
   "The user clicked the toggle to switch between light and dark mode"

1. Fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
   "The sailor toggled the rope to secure the sail"
    
2. Provide with a toggle or toggles
   "The coat was toggled with wooden pegs"
    
3. Change the active position on a toggle switch
   "toggle a bomb from an aeroplane"
    
4. (computing) switch between two different states or options
   "You can toggle between different views using this button"

Derived forms: toggling, toggles, toggled

Type of: command, electric switch, electrical switch, fasten, fastener, fastening, fix, fixing, furnish, holdfast, instruction, let go, let go of, offer, program line, provide, release, relinquish, render, secure, statement, supply, switch

Encyclopedia: Toggle