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Ratchet
/ˈɹætʃɪt/
A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
📖 Definitions of "Ratchet"
noun
- 1
A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
- 2
A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
- 3
A ratchet wrench.
- 4
(by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
verb
- 1
To cause to become incremented or decremented.
"It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here."
- 2
To increment or decrement.
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