toggler
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something that toggles between two states or causes something else to toggle between two states.
noun
A machine operator who is responsible for turning the machine on and off.
noun
A type of fastener that has hinged wings that spread to provide a surface against which the fastener can be tightened (e.g. a toggle bolt).
noun
A person occupied chaining up logs to prevent them from rolling off during transport on railroad cars and trucks.
noun
A member of a bomber crew responsible dropping bombs from a wing plane at a signal from the lead bombardier.
Example Sentences
- "No one else had really understood how to operate the automatic toggler; and xyz Company had no service agreement or other contract with the manufacturer. So the toggler was pushed into the stationery cupboard, where it remained until the company went bankrupt a few years later."
- "In orienting a spacecraft, in executing turns, etc., and astronaut must operate the levers, buttons, and toggler switches, not to mention many other motory tasks."
- "The complexity of the Bit toggler is harder to quantify."
- "This goes on and on: as long as you are asking questions, a toggler will toggle. (Keep in mind that on being asked a question the first time, a toggler will randomly choose to tell the truth or to lie)."
- "The occupations showing a considerable number of piece workers were machine stakers, togglers, tackers, buffers, machine setters-out, glazing-machine operators, hand finishers or seasoners, and shaving-machine operators."
- "His last period of employment began on February 3, 1958, and, once again, he was employed as a toggler on a piece-rate basis."
Etymology
From toggle + -er.