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Meaning
Noun
●
A
pawl
,
click
, or
detent
for
holding
or
propelling
a
ratch
et
wheel
, or
ratch
, etc.
●
A
mechanism
composed
of a
ratch
et
wheel
, or
ratch
and pawl.
●
In Mechanics:
A
ratchet
wrench.
●
A
procedure
or
regulation
that
goes in
one
direction
, usually up.
●
In Musical instruments:
A
noisemaker
or
musical instrument
where
sound
is
generated
by
a board
striking
against a
rotating
gear
. See
gragger
, raganella.
Verb
●
To cause to become
incremented
or decremented.
●
To
increment
or decrement.
Adj
●
In American English:
Ghetto;
unseemly
, indecorous.
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Rhymes
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