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Ratchet

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Noun

1. rachet, ratch, ratchet

mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction

Verb

2. rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down

move by degrees in one direction only

Example Sentences:
'a ratcheting lopping tool'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ratchet

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noun
1. 
a device in which a toothed rack or wheel is engaged by a pawl to permit motion in one direction only
2. 
the toothed rack or wheel forming part of such a device
verb
3. 
to operate using a ratchet
4. (usually foll by up or down)
to increase or decrease, esp irreversibly
electricity prices will ratchet up this year
Hitchcock ratchets up the tension once again

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Ratchet

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noun
1. 
a toothed wheel (in full ratchet wheel) or bar whose teeth slope in one direction so as to catch and hold a pawl, which thus prevents backward movement
2. 
such a pawl
3. 
such a wheel (or bar) and pawl as a unit: used in some wrenches, screwdrivers, etc. to allow motion in only one direction
verb transitive, verb intransitive
4. 
to (cause to) change in increments
usually with up or down
to ratchet up interest rates

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Ratchet

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n.
1. A mechanism consisting of a pawl that engages the sloping teeth of a wheel or bar, permitting motion in one direction only.
2. The pawl, wheel, or bar of this mechanism.
v. ratch·et·ed, ratch·et·ing, ratch·ets
v.tr.
To cause to increase or decrease by increments:tried to ratchet up interest in the program.
v.intr.
To increase or decrease by increments.
n.
A dance featuring ratcheting movements of the arms bent at the elbows.
adj.
Slang
Lacking in class, refinement, or good taste.

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