toggle bolt

noun

A fastening device consisting of a bolt and a pair of hinged, usually sprung, wings threaded at the hinge to receive the bolt, used by inserting the bolt with wings folded into a small hole in a sheet material to the point where the wings unfold and the bolt can be tightened.

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Meanings

nountoggle bolt (plural toggle bolts)

plural toggle bolts

  1. A fastening device consisting of a bolt and a pair of hinged, usually sprung, wings threaded at the hinge to receive the bolt, used by inserting the bolt with wings folded into a small hole in a sheet material to the point where the wings unfold and the bolt can be tightened.

Origin

From the resemblance of the hinged wings to a toggle.

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APA

toggle bolt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toggle%20bolt

MLA

“toggle bolt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toggle%20bolt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toggle bolt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toggle%20bolt.

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