ratchet, rachet, ratch
(noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
ratchet, rachet up, ratchet down
(verb) move by degrees in one direction only; “a ratcheting lopping tool”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ratchet (plural ratchets)
A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
A ratchet wrench.
(by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
ratchet (third-person singular simple present ratchets, present participle ratcheting, simple past and past participle ratcheted)
(transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented.
(intransitive) To increment or decrement.
ratchet (comparative more ratchet, superlative most ratchet)
(US, slang) Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
• chatter, traceth
Source: Wiktionary
Ratch"et, n. Etym: [Properly a diminutive from the same word as rack: cf. F. rochet. See 2d Ratch, Rack the instrument.]
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. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch. Ratchet brace (Mech.), a boring brace, having a ratchet wheel and pawl for rotating the tool by back and forth movements of the brace handle.
– Ratchet drill, a portable machine for working a drill by hand, consisting of a hand lever carrying at one end a drill holder which is revolved by means of a ratchet wheel and pawl, by swinging the lever back and forth.
– Ratchet wheel (Mach.), a circular wheel having teeth, usually angular, with which a reciprocating pawl engages to turn the wheel forward, or a stationary pawl to hold it from turning backward.
Note: In the cut, the moving pawl c slides over the teeth in one direction, but in returning, draws the wheel with it, while the pawl d prevents it from turning in the contrary direction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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