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rachet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ratch, ratchet |
| Type of | mechanical device |
Examples of rachet
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The net effect was to rachet up the competitive pressures on Detroit, not ease them.
From the businessweek.com
This should be a dish that sticks to your ribs, so why not rachet up the rich ingredients?
From the guardian.co.uk
Universal appealed the rating and tried to rachet up public outcry.
From the newsweek.com
Aziz Ansari advises avoiding a rachet turkey.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Every year, it seems to rachet up in lock step.
From the forbes.com
They will be relying on a massive boost from a parochial crowd at the Horse Guards Olympic venue to rachet up their international standing.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A run midway through the half, when the Shockers broke the press and scored at times, caused VCU to rachet back its pressure for a time.
From the kansas.com
Some clients with sever obsessive compulsive disorder rachet this concern up to the point that they spend hours reviewing everything they right to insure a complete absence of errors.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
To their most indebted customers the banks can exploit, rachet up the APRs, and generally abuse their position in the full knowledge their is little the customer can do.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Ratchet: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
- A ratchet is a device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. The term is also commonly used to refer to a socket wrench, which employs an internal ratchet mechanism.
- On bindings to tighten and secure feet to board.
- The device that tightens your bindings via the use of a lever.
