Word Meaning

ratchet definition and meaning

n. A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
n. A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.

Crossword clues for ratchet

- Chatter about type of spanner
- Socket wrench
- Toothed rack which permits movement in one direction
- Toothed-wheel device