Definition of ratchet
English to English noun - mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
source: WordNet 3.0 - A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
source: Webster 1913 verb - move by degrees in one direction only
A ratcheting lopping tool.
source: WordNet 3.0
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ratchet, rotchet, road test, radicate, riot act, radicated, roadstead, radio set, rhetizite, red-coated, rededicate, redact, rotgut, reduct, redcoat, readjust, redigest, reductio, roadside, reduction
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