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ratchet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rachet, ratch |
| Type of | mechanical device |
Examples of ratchet
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Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up pressure on the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad.
From the guardian.co.uk
The allegations will dramatically ratchet-up tension between the US and Tehran.
From the independent.co.uk
Two years after signing up for the loan, its interest rate was set to ratchet up.
From the heraldtribune.com
Ratchet was loaded onto a charter flight, which took off Sunday night for Kuwait.
From the dailyherald.com
Views of the San Francisco Bay or Central Park ratchet up cost per square foot.
From the forbes.com
On most reality shows, producers manipulate activities to ratchet up the drama.
From the kentucky.com
So you ratchet up all your actions and energies to a close-to-superhuman level.
From the time.com
Software updates and a new suspension should ratchet up performance and handling.
From the freep.com
In 1804 he invented a ratchet wheel that moved the cloth forward automatically.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
- Move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool"
- 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.
- A ratchet, also called a noisemaker (or, when used in Judaism, a gragger or grogger (etymologically from Yiddish: u05D2u05E8u05D0u05B7u05D2u05E2u05E8u200E), raganella or ra'ashan (Hebrew: u05E8u05E2u05E9u05DFu200Eu200E)), is an orchestral musical instrument played by percussionists. Operating on the principle of the ratchet device, a gearwheel and a stiff board is mounted on a handle, which rotates freely.
- The following is a list of characters that appear in the 2005 film Robots.
- Ratchet is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. According to the original creator of the Transformers names, Bob Budiansky, Ratchet was named after the character of Nurse Ratched from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. ...
- This is a list of characters from the Ratchet & Clank video game series. Ratchet & Clank is a series of platform video games developed by Insomniac Games (with the exception of '' and Secret Agent Clank'', which were developed by High Impact Games). ...
- In Welsh mythology and folklore, Cu0175n Annwn (Welsh pronunciation:u00A0, "hounds of Annwn") were the spectral hounds of Annwn, the otherworld of Welsh myth...
- 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; To cause to become incremented or decremented; To increment or decrement
