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ratchets

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. 1.A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
  2. 2.A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
  3. 3.A ratchet wrench.
  4. 4.(by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.

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