English to English noun
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mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | | source: wordnet30
2 |
A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. | | source: webster1913 verb
3 |
move by degrees in one direction only | | Example: a ratcheting lopping tool
source: wordnet30
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