ratchets

noun

  1. 1

    A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

  2. 2

    A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.

  3. 3

    A ratchet wrench.

  4. 4

    (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.

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