RATCHET
\ɹˈat͡ʃɪt], \ɹˈatʃɪt], \ɹ_ˈa_tʃ_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of RATCHET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
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move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool"
By Princeton University
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mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
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move by degrees in one direction only, as of toothed wheels
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.
By Oddity Software
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A tooth or tongue, also called a pawl or a click, which fits into the notches of a toothed, or ratchet, wheel; the toothed wheel; the toothed wheel and the pawl, working together.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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