"toggle" meaning in All languages combined

See toggle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɒɡ.əl/ [UK], /ˈtɑ.ɡəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-toggle.ogg [US], en-au-toggle.ogg [Australia] Forms: toggle [singular], toggles [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A toggle is a wooden or metal pin or something similar that is fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop.
    Sense id: simple-toggle-en-noun-iiXSJLtj Categories (other): Nautical

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɒɡ.əl/ [UK], /ˈtɑ.ɡəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-toggle.ogg [US], en-au-toggle.ogg [Australia] Forms: toggle [canonical], toggles [third-person, singular], toggled [past], toggled [past, participle], toggling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|toggl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you toggle between something, you alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
    Sense id: simple-toggle-en-verb-eSD8Ivv2
  2. If you toggle between something, you switch it between alternate states.
    Sense id: simple-toggle-en-verb-rl2aoHNT
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