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ratchet

English

  1. 🔊 mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
  2. 🔊 move by degrees in one direction only
    “a ratcheting lopping tool”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 trinquete ratchet
  2. 🔊 matraca ratchet, wooden rattle
  3. 🔊 carraca ratchet, rattle, football rattle
  4. 🔊 carraca ratchet, ratchet wrench, socket wrench

Similar words

rachet ratch rachet up ratchet down cog comb crag fang harrow jag peak pecten projection rake sawtooth snag snaggle spire sprocket spur steeple tooth