toggle meaning and definition

TOGGLE noun

Definition of toggle (noun)

1. 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
2. a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
   • synonyms: on/off switch, on-off switch, toggle switch
3. 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)

TOGGLE verb

Definition of toggle (verb)

1. provide with a toggle or toggles
2. fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
3. release by a toggle switch
   • "toggle a bomb from an airplane"