Woggle vs. Toggle

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  • Woggle

    A woggle is a device to fasten the neckerchief, or scarf, worn as part of the Scout or Girl Guides uniform, originated by a Scout in the 1920s.

Wikipedia
  • Woggle (noun)

    Boy Scout’s neckerchief clasp or slide, originally a loop or ring of leather.

  • Toggle (noun)

    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.

  • Toggle (noun)

    A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.

  • Toggle (noun)

    A toggle switch.

  • Toggle (noun)

    An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.

  • Toggle (noun)

    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.

  • Toggle (noun)

    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.

  • Toggle (verb)

    To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.

    “Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.”

  • Toggle (verb)

    To switch between alternate states.

    “toggle to lower/upper case”

    “You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.”

  • Toggle (verb)

    To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.

Wiktionary
  • Woggle (noun)

    a loop or ring of leather or cord through which the ends of a Scout’s neckerchief are threaded.

  • Toggle (noun)

    a short rod of wood or plastic sewn to one side of a coat or other garment, pushed through a hole or loop on the other side and twisted so as to act as a fastener.

  • Toggle (noun)

    a pin or other crosspiece put through the eye of a rope or a link of a chain to keep it in place.

  • Toggle (noun)

    a kind of wall fastener for use on open-backed plasterboard, having a part that springs open or turns through 90° after it is inserted so as to prevent withdrawal.

  • Toggle (noun)

    a movable pivoted crosspiece acting as a barb on a harpoon.

  • Toggle (noun)

    a key or command that is operated the same way but with opposite effect on successive occasions.

  • Toggle (verb)

    switch from one effect, feature, or state to another by using a toggle

    “there are a number of attributes which can be toggled on or off”

    “the play/pause button toggles between those functions”

  • Toggle (verb)

    provide or fasten with a toggle or toggles

    “a toggled coat”

    “our horses were hobbled or toggled before they were turned out to graze”

Oxford Dictionary

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