Word "RATCHET" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
move by degrees in one direction only
Synonyms:
rachet up, ratchet down
Examples:
a ratcheting lopping tool

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
Synonyms:
rachet, ratch

Crossword Clues for RATCHET

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Gradually increase, with "up" Universal 17 Aug 2025
Tool in a garage
"I'm a savage / Classy, bougie, ___" (Megan Thee Stallion lyric)
Catch Republican with varied chat on film (7)
Chatter (anag.) (7) The Telegraph Quick 24 May 2025
Toothed mechanism the cart damaged (7)
Fantasy author stripped device with teeth The Times Quick Cryptic 03 May 2025
Fly-reel's tensioning device (7)
Rodent caught with the newfangled mechanical device The Times Quick Cryptic 25 Mar 2025
Notched wheel
Mechanism preventing backward motion
Engaging bar chatter spreads (7)
The cart dislodged a device used to permit one-way movement (7)
Wild chatter has teeth on edge (7) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 08 Feb 2025
Toothy thing's liberal chatter (7) The Guardian Cryptic 28 Jan 2025
Mechanism making the cart wobbly The Sun Two Speed 23 Jan 2025
Tightening tool The Sun Two Speed 23 Jan 2025
Toothed lever The Sun Mini 02 Jan 2025
Garage tool
Plastic cable ties and anti-rollback devices on rollercoasters are types of this mechanism The Times Specialist Sunday 15 Dec 2024
Just the types to disturb a class after reading starts (7)
The tool sounds as though it is no good (7)
Deserter had revolutionary square toothed bar (7)
Move by degrees, having lively chatter (7)
Toothed tool that stops backward motion (7)
Idle chatter has teeth on edge
Mechanism allowing movement in only one direction (7) The Guardian Quick 12 Jul 2024
E.g. fly reel's tensioning device (7)
Tightening tool Family Time 07 Jul 2024
Device allowing motion in one direction only The Times Concise 03 Jun 2024
Chatter is all about a 'clicker' (7)
Scoundrel capturing Conservative wearing the special gear?
What toothed mechanism allows movement in one direction only? (7)
Mechanical device consisting of a toolhed wheel or rack (7)
Vermin caught on top of the strange toothed device (7)
Chatter about tool The Guardian Quick 06 Apr 2024
Baker perhaps chasing rodent: something toothy
Sprocket tool (7)
Chatter about type of spanner (7)
Toothed rack The Guardian Quick 19 Dec 2023
Chatter spreads, and it has teeth (7)
Mechanical device used in socket wrenches, for example (7)
... in earth, moving about hundred tons — it only allows travel in one direction The Guardian Cryptic 28 Mar 2023
Move by degrees in one direction only The Guardian Quick 23 Nov 2022
Price to acquire Chinese establishment's latest mechanical device
Couple of scoundrels, second of which knocking out a tool
Mechanical device skinned fantasy author
Toothed wheel Thomas Joseph 01 Mar 2021
Increase incrementally, with "up" Universal 05 Jan 2021
Device stopping backward motion The Times Concise 14 Dec 2020
Gradually increase, with 'up' New York Times 23 Jun 2020
Toothy thing responsible for crappy chatter
Terry wants edges taken off mechanical device
Bar that fits into the notches of a toothed wheel Irish Times Simplex 28 Aug 2019
Toothed wheel Universal 04 Jun 2019
Mechanical device used by fantasy author, not the first or the last
Toothed wheel
Type of wrench Family Time 12 Nov 2018
Rodent caught by the unusual mechanical device The Telegraph Cryptic 04 May 2018
Chatter about garage tool
Mechanism in a unidirectional wrench New York Times 15 Nov 2017
Odd chatter to progress steadily
Mechanism making the cart wobbly
Wheel in turnstiles Newsday 15 Apr 2017
Device preventing turning backwards The Times Concise 15 Mar 2017
A toolmaker may produce one, setting one's teeth on edge The Times Cryptic 25 Jan 2017
Mechanism in a unidirectional wrench
Red mullet's tail taken by rodent that has teeth The Telegraph Toughie 14 Dec 2016
Increase incrementally, with 'up' The Washington Post 23 Nov 2016
Toothed wheel or rack The Telegraph General Knowledge 28 Aug 2016
Mechanical device preventing a wheel slipping backwards The Guardian Quick 16 Jan 2016
Set of teeth chatter uncontrollably
Device stopping backward movement The Times Concise 18 Nov 2015
Toothed wheel New York Times 06 Aug 2015
The cart moved — moved by degrees in one direction
Mechanical device chart represented on film
Toothed wheel
Toothed wheel that's often part of a set
Make steady progress to incriminate man in court
Pawl engager
Wheel with sloped teeth
Pawl's partner
Tightening tool
Turning device that could make you chatter
Increase in increments, with "up"
Increase gradually, with "up"
Tightening tool
Sprocket
Escalate, with "up"
Shop tool
Move by degrees
Shop tool
Pawl's partner
Toothed bar
Toothy wheel
Steady progression up or down
Pawl engager
Pawl's complement
Toothed tool
Pawl
Toothed wheel.
Detent.
Pawl or click that works with wheel.
Gradually turn (up)
Pawl.
Pawl or detent.
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