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Rareratchets
The correct spelling is ratchets.
How to pronounce ratchets
noun
Say it like: Rac-het-s
The correct spelling is ratchets. A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
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Definition
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.
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