RATCHET


Meaning of RATCHET in English

noun a pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, ·etc.

2. ratchet ·noun a mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. ·see ratchet wheel, below, and 2d ratch.

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