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What is the noun for ratchet?

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ratchet
  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. (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “After examining the broken gear, it was evident that the damaged ratchet was the cause of the malfunction.”
ratcheting
  1. The act by which something is ratcheted.
  2. A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.
ratchetness
  1. The quality of being ratchet.
ratchetings
  1. plural of ratcheting
ratchets
  1. plural of ratchet
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Under the regime of fiat currency these ratchets are irresistible as they are powered and amplified by speculation.”
      “It kinks, detaches itself from actin, unkinks, and reattaches, and thereby ratchets along the actin filament in a series of power strokes.”
      “The ratchets on the extractor more perfectly engage the new cylinder hand, which was mated with it.”
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