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Toggle   /tˈɑgəl/   Listen
Toggle

noun
(Written also toggel)
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.  Synonyms: on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle 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).
verb
1.
Provide with a toggle or toggles.
2.
Fasten with, or as if with, a toggle.
3.
Release by a toggle switch.



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"Toggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... toggle should be secured at the head of the hoist by an eye splice; a length of rope equal to the width of the flag left below the hoist, as this is the distance the flags should be apart, and then a running eye splice made so as to be rapidly ...
— Knots, Bends, Splices - With tables of strengths of ropes, etc. and wire rigging • J. Netherclift Jutsum
... behind the standing part, as shown in A, Fig. 30. The end of the rope may then be laid over and under the standing part and back over itself. This knot may be instantly released by merely pulling out the toggle. Almost as quickly made and unfastened is the "Slippery Hitch" (Fig. 32). To make this, run the end of the rope through the ring or eye to which it is being fastened, then back over the standing part and pull a loop, or bight, back through the "cuckold's neck" thus formed (Fig. ...
— Knots, Splices and Rope Work • A. Hyatt Verrill
... it works," he said, showing it to the visitor. Then he slapped in the clip and yanked up on the toggle loading the chamber. "It's ready to shoot, now; this is the safety." He pushed it on. "When you're ready to shoot, just shove it forward and up, and then pull the trigger. You have to pull the trigger each time; it's loaded for eight shots. And ...
— Time and Time Again • Henry Beam Piper


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