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A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. / A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl. / A ratchet wrench.

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Source Word

ratchet

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹætʃɪt/

Noun

broadly

A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. / A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl. / A ratchet wrench.

Japanese Meaning

ラチェットホイールを一方向にしか回転させないための爪ピン、クリック、またはデテント（保持機構） / ラチェットホイールと爪ピン等から構成される機構全般 / ラチェットレンチ（ラチェット作用を利用したレンチ工具）

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The ratchet clicked into place, preventing the wheel from turning backward.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

止め爪がカチリと嵌り、歯車が逆回転しないようにした。

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Sense（1）

A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

Sense（2）

A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.

Sense（3）

A ratchet wrench.

Sense（4）

(by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.

The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.

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