English Explanatory Dictionary

ratcheting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of ratchet
noun
  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.

Word forms

ratcheting ratchetings
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