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Rareratchet
The correct spelling is ratchet.
How to pronounce ratchet
/ˈɹætʃɪt/
nounIPA: /ˈɹætʃɪt/
Say it like: Rac-het
The correct spelling is ratchet. A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. For example: "It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here."
Usage Examples
“It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.”
Meanings
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.
- 2.To increment or decrement.
adjective
- 1.Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
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