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toggles

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Noun

toggles noun

  1. A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
  2. (in particular) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
  3. A toggle switch.
  4. An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.

Verb

toggles verb

  1. To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.“Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.”
  2. To switch between alternate states.“You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.”
  3. To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.

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