toggle
English
Noun
(en noun )
(nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
(in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
A toggle switch.
(Scouting) A circle of leather, plastic (Cub Scouts) etc, resembling a napkin holder to keep the neckerchief in place.
A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
(skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
Synonyms
* (scouting) woggle
Derived terms
* toggle bolt
* toggle iron
* toggle joint
* toggle switch
Verb
(toggl)
to alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
- Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.
to switch between alternate states.
- toggle to lower/upper case
- You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Shift+C
Derived terms
* togglable, toggleable
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button
Noun
(en noun )
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
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, passage=I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man’s shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}
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A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
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(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
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(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
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(botany) A bud.
- (Shakespeare)
(slang) The clitoris.
(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer’s button .
(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
(South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
A small white blotch on a cat’s coat.
A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch.
Usage notes
For the senses 2 and 3, a button is often marked by a verb rather than a noun, and the button itself is called with the verb and button”. For example, a button to start something is generally called ”start button .
Derived terms
{{der3, bachelor’s button
, belly button
, billy buttons
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, button accordion
, buttonhole
, buttonhook
, buttonlike
, buttonless
, button man
, button mangrove
, button mushroom
, button nose
, buttonology
, button-punch
, button-pusher
, buttonquail
, buttonwood
, cute as a button
, eject button
, fire button
, have one’s finger on the button
, hot button
, on the button
, panic button
, power button
, push someone’s buttons
, radio button
, red button
, snooze button
, start button
, stay-button
, tummy button}}
See also
* switch
* toggle
* trigger
Verb
(en verb )
To fasten with a button.
* Charles Dickens
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To be fastened by a button or buttons.
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Derived terms
* button one’s lip
* button up
* unbutton
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