1 a short piece of wood, plastic, etc. that is put through a LOOP of thread to fasten sth, such as a coat or bag, instead of a button
2 (also toggle switch) (computing) a key on a computer that you press to change from one style or operation to another, and back again
verb (computing) to press a key or set of keys on a computer keyboard in order to turn a feature on or off, or to move from one program, etc. to another:
[V] He toggled between the two windows. * [VN] This key toggles various views of the data.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for toggle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is toggle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, toggle is tagged as noun.
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