What does toggle mean?

Answer 1

It means to alternate between one thing or status and another.

i.e. toggle between on and off

or toggle between wearing clothes and wearing no clothes.

Most often it is referred to in computing and electronics.

It can also mean the button on a duffle coat, the ones shaped like small tusks.

Answer 2

Toggle as a verb is when there's a switch that you go back and forth. It's an "either/ or" type situation. Toggle buttons are the kind where one is up and the other is flush until you push the one in the "up" position and it forces the one that was flush into the "up" position because the former "up" button is now flush. Makes no sense? : )

I think in reference to "gear" the word is tackle, no? Just wondering...might be a colloquialism.

Also, there's a type of clothing button that's called a toggle (noun). It's where there's not a "button-hole" on the other side but a loop. The toggle button is much like a wee fat bar (often these are made of wood) that is attached in the middle of the bar to one side of the, sweater, say. Then you pull the loop on the other side of the sweater over one end of the toggle till it reaches where it's connected and then the loop can slide over the other end of the toggle and it's now connected.
Here's a photo: http://cgi.ebay.com/24-Wood-Toggle-button-Novelty-3-4-Sweater_W0QQitemZ150102362271QQcategoryZ31729QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Answer 3

Here are a few options...choose depending on d usage.
as in noun usage:
1. a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope similarly treated.
2. a toggle joint, or a device having one.
3. an ornamental, rod-shaped button for inserting into a large buttonhole, loop, or frog, used esp. on sports clothes.
4. Theater.
a. Also called toggle rail. a wooden batten across the width of a flat, for strengthening the frame.
b. Also called toggle iron. a metal device for fastening a toggle rail to a frame.

–verb (used with object)
5. to furnish with a toggle.
6. to bind or fasten with a toggle.
7. Informal. to turn, twist, or manipulate a toggle switch; dial or turn the switch of (an appliance): He toggled the TV between the baseball game and the news.

Answer 4

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source

toggle:

1769, "short pin passed through the eye of a rope," a nautical word of uncertain origin, perhaps a frequentative form of tog "tug."
Meaning "a kind of wall fastener" is recorded from 1934. Toggle bolt is from 1794; toggle switch first attested 1938.

Answer 5

It may depend on where you come from. Toggle to me means your stuff, As i get your toggle we're going, but it also can mean to tie something, As in toggle that down.

Answer 6

~ Electrical: toggle switch... change position from off to on or on to off

Answer 7

It is a piece or device for holding or securing something. Take care
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