How to pronounce toggle
American English pronunciation
TOG-ul
- IPA
- /ˈtɑɡəl/
- Syllables
- TOG · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What toggle means
Most people know toggle in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A short bar pushed through a loop to close a coat
In a sentence: Her winter coat closes with wooden toggles instead of buttons.
Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. It may be a changed form of an older word, and sailors used it for a pin pushed through the loop of a rope.
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