toggle bolt

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   a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle; used to fasten objects to hollow walls

   Broaderfastener

Questions about toggle bolt

What does toggle bolt mean?

toggle bolt means "a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle; used to fasten objects to hollow walls".

Is toggle bolt a common word?

toggle bolt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.