Definition of toggling Toggling
/tɑˈglɪŋ/ - [tagling] -
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What does toggling mean?
Wiktionary 
- toggling (Verb)
Present participle of toggle.
Part of speech
🔤- toggling, verb, gerund of toggle (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: toggles |
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| toggle - 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) | ||
| holdfast, fastener, fastening, fixing restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | ||
| toggle - 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 | ||
| toggle - a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions | ||
| toggle switch, on-off switch, on/off switch | ||
| electric switch, electrical switch, switch the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" | ||
Verb |
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| toggle - provide with a toggle or toggles | ||
| furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" | ||
| toggle - release by a toggle switch; "toggle a bomb from an airplane" | ||
| let go of, let go, relinquish, release release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" | ||
| toggle - fasten with, or as if with, a toggle | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
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Wiktionary
- toggle (Noun)
A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight. - toggle (Noun)
A kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes. - toggle (Noun)
A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar used for securing a loop in a rope or chain, etc. often temporarily to another, e. g. a sea painter to a lifeboat. - toggle (Noun)
A toggle switch ; a switch, usually with two positions, activated by a lever; an on/off switch. - toggle (Noun)
A circle of leather, plastic Cub Scouts etc, resembling a napkin holder to keep the neckerchief in place. - toggle (Verb)
To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever. - toggle (Verb)
To switch between alternate states.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- toggle (n.)
A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes. - toggle (n.)
Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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toggle
tog′l, n. (naut.) a short bar of wood, tapering from the middle towards each end, placed in an eye at the end of a rope, to keep the end from passing through a loop or knot: an appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.—v.t. to fix like a toggle-iron: to fix fast.—ns. Togg′le-ī′ron, a whaler's harpoon with movable blade instead of barbs; Togg′le-joint, an elbow or knee joint. [Conn. with tug and tow.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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toggle
A strong pin of wood, sometimes used instead of a hook in fixing a tackle, or it is put through the bight or eye of a rope, bolt, or block-strop, to keep it in its place. In ships of war it is usual to fix toggles upon the running parts of the topsail-sheets, the jears, &c., when preparing for action, so that if the rope is shot away below, the toggle may stop the yard from coming down. The toggle is used in masting operations, in securing the standing part of fore and main sheets, but especially in whaling operations, cutting in, flensing, &c., a hole is cut in the blubber, the eye of the purchase strop passed through and toggled. In cold weather especially it is preferred to the hook, which at low temperatures is apt to snap suddenly, and is, moreover, heavier to handle. The term is also used for putting the bights of the sheets in the beckets. (See BECKET.)
