what does toggle mean?
TOGGLE as NOUN
- Meaning
- 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)
Hypernyms(s) toggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) toggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- 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
Hypernyms(s) toggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
TOGGLE as VERB
- Meaning
- release by a toggle switch
Usage Example(s)
- toggle a bomb from an airplane
Hypernyms(s) toggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
Hypernyms(s) toggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- provide with a toggle or toggles
Hypernyms(s) toggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
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