toggle

«toggle» in Mova's school dictionary: a short piece of wood, plastic or metal used like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a toggle, toggles); verb (toggle, toggles, toggled, toggling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A toggle is a short piece of wood, plastic or metal used like a button: it is pushed through a loop to fasten a coat or bag, as on a duffel coat. tree →

2) (computing) A toggle is a switch or button that turns something on or off, one press changing it each time. tree →

3) (verb) To toggle means to switch between two states or options, like on and off: "Toggle between the two windows." tree →

4) A toggle is also the sliding stopper on a drawstring. tree →

sense in the lessons

In computing lessons, toggles switch settings (Wi-Fi, dark mode, caps lock). In everyday life, duffel coats and Scout neckerchiefs (woggles) use toggles. In science and D and T, a toggle switch is a lever switch in circuits. Phrases: "toggle switch", "toggle on", "toggle off", "toggle between".

examples

• My duffel coat has wooden toggles instead of buttons. tree →
• Tap the toggle to turn on dark mode. tree →
• Press the key to toggle between capital and small letters. tree →
• The toggle switch on the lamp clicked on. tree →
• Pull the toggle to tighten the hood. tree →
• You can toggle the sound on and off. tree →
• We used a toggle switch in our circuit project. tree →

note

Regular verb: toggled, toggling. A toggle always has two states; pressing it again undoes it. A Scout's "woggle" is a different word.

In the corpora

• At the petting farm a goat eats the corner of Maddie's map and then her coat toggle.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «toggle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.