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ratchets

noun

Meaning

  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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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