ratcheting
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Pronunciation
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Verb
ratcheting verb
- To cause to become incremented or decremented.“It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.”
- To increment or decrement.
Noun
ratcheting noun
- The act by which something is ratcheted.
- A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.