toggler

Noun

toggler (plural togglers)

1. Something that toggles between two states or causes something else to toggle between two states.
   • 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.1961, The Manager - Volume 29, page 665
   • 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.1969, Alekseĭ Arkhipovich Leonov, V. I. Lebedev, Perception of space and time in outer space, page 44
2. A machine operator who is responsible for turning the machine on and off.
   • 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.1939, Jacob Perlman, Earnings and Hours in Shoe and Allied Industries During First Quarter of 1939
   • His last period of employment began on February 3, 1958, and, once again, he was employed as a toggler on a piece-rate basis.1958, Benefit Series Service, Unemployment Insurance
3. 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).
   • Sold in sealed blister packages, each contains two plastic toggler anchors, two metal hooks and a "popping" device.1975, Southern Florist and Nurseryman - Volume 88, Issues 28-40, page 71
   • Here, with the log cars tilted, the togglers on the retaining chains were released and the logs rolled off the bunks, bounced against a heavy post that spun them around 90 degrees into a chute, down which they slid into the water.1982, Sidney E. Douglass, A Pictorial history of railroads of Newago County, Michigan, page 6
4. A person occupied chaining up logs to prevent them from rolling off during transport on railroad cars and trucks.
   • The toggler fastens a chain about the logs upon a car for transportation, to keep them from rolling off.1918, Descriptions of Occupations, page 31
5. A member of a bomber crew responsible dropping bombs from a wing plane at a signal from the lead bombardier.
   • Reports from the combat theaters highlighted the important role of the underappreciated bombardier well past the time when many gunners had become togglers, and operations had come to deemphasize accuracy.1999, Rebecca Hancock Cameron, Training to fly: military flight training, 1907-1945, page 490
   • Also, not everyone was happy with our combat crew modifications: dropping copilots from lead crews; replacing bombardiers with togglers in our wing crews; eliminating our ball-turret gunners, etc.2001, James J. Mahoney, Brian H. Mahoney, Reluctant Witness, →ISBN