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toggle

UK/ˈtɒɡ.əl/ US/ˈtɑ.ɡəl/ uncommon
noun (3) verb (3)

noun

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

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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)

verb

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”

Origin

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

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