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ratchet
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1852, from ratchet (n.). Transferred sense attested by 1977. Related: Ratcheted ; ratcheting .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction [syn: rachet , ratch ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context US slang English) ghetto (unseemly and indecorous) n. 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 (''analogous'') A procedure ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A nylon webbing strap is wrapped around the frame and is then tightened using a ratchet action of the clamp head. ▪ Another sinister plot; another twist of the federal ratchet . ▪ By the use of the ratchet , the investors ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ratchet \Ratch"et\ (-[e^]t), n. [Properly a diminutive from the same word as rack: cf. F. rochet. See 2d Ratch , Rack the instrument.] A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. A mechanism composed of a ratchet ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ratchet may refer to:
Usage examples of ratchet.
In about thirty seconds, Ratchet was going to knock at her door, asking for favors.
While the mosquitoes had found the pickings good, Ratchet, it seemed, had not.
He threatened British and American warships in the Gulf and urged Arafat to ratchet up the violence of the first Palestinian intifadah, then taking place in Gaza and the West Bank, and to reject all peace negotiations with Israel.
Kuwaiti and Turkish goodwill, it would be difficult to try to ratchet up the level or scope of Anglo-American operations.
Thus, while we could undoubtedly preserve the no-fly zones at their current level as part of a revived containment policy, we could not ratchet up our operations there to support more ambitious goals.
However, since it would be far more likely that the Gulf states would support an invasion as opposed to the Afghan Approach, it would be equally likely that we would be able to convince them to ratchet up their own production to compensate for any losses.
They followed immediately after Iraq began to ratchet up the pressure on the U.
The ratchet allowed the fisherman to reel in the fish, keeping it from pulling away unless the fisherman released the brake.
The last two ratchets were difficult, but the Xindi put his all into it, dropped the ratchet, then turned to the humans.
The Xindi reached the maintenance hatch and groped at the ceiling in the dimness, searching for the ratchet that surely was there.
Archer and the Xindi turned to see the engineer just as he picked up the ratchet, which had been propped against the wall.
Its voice was a rhythmic pattern of rapid clicks and pops from the ratchet joints of its mantis-legs.
Everybody here thought we needed to ratchet it up as soon as possible.
She leaped back, trying to raise her crossbow and ratchet back the bolt, but the voynix knocked her down and leaned closer to finish the job.
Always, there was the steady tick, tick, tick of the ratchet wheels, the faint twang of the escapements, the snick of ruby on ruby, inside the little clock, and then the magnification of those sounds inside the thick brown and white marble night table top, and the echoes of those sounds bouncing back and forth underneath among the hard wooden table legs and on the shelf with its books, as Tim dozed the nights away with one eye sometimes opening a bit, then closing again.