ratchet

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

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.
3. A ratchet wrench.
4. (broadly) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
5. A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of full ratchet.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To increment or decrement; especially, to offer controlled motion that can increment while resisting decrement, or vice versa.
2. (transitive) To cause (something) to become incremented or decremented.

Adj

Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.

Hevwate

rachet

pawl

ratch

toothed wheel

ratchet down

rachet up

click

get around

hoop

mill

noisemaker

ratchet wheel

ratchet wrench

revolve

ring

💍

roller

rotate

run

safety catch

spin

sprocket

swirl

trigger

troll

🧌

tumble

turn

twiddle

twirl

wheel

🛞

whirl

whirlpool

mill about

whirl around

notch wheel

ratchet effect

locking device

paw wheel

click pulley

catch

buss toy

clew

clue

cog

cogwheel

detent

gear

⚙️

Werger

Ratsche

matraca

trinquete

Knarre

rochet

cliquet

pal

ratel

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈɹæt͡ʃɪt/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From French rochet (“bobbin, spindle, ratchet”), from Italian rocchetto (“spool, ratchet”).