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Word: ratchet (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
  • A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
  • A ratchet wrench.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To increment or decrement.
  • transitive To cause to become incremented or decremented.

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