Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun toggle

3 senses of toggle

Sense 1
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)
       => instruction, command, statement, program line -- ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)

Sense 2
toggle switch, toggle, on-off switch, on/off switch -- (a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions)
       => switch, electric switch, electrical switch -- (control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit)

Sense 3
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))
       => fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb toggle

3 senses of toggle

Sense 1
toggle -- (provide with a toggle or toggles)
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 2
toggle -- (fasten with, or as if with, a toggle)
       => fasten, fix, secure -- (cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man")

Sense 3
toggle -- (release by a toggle switch; "toggle a bomb from an airplane")
       => let go of, let go, release, relinquish -- (release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall")