ratchet

1. A diva, mostly from urban cities and ghettos, that has reason to believe she is every mans eye candy. Unfortunately, she's wrong.

2. A mechanism consisting of a pawl that engages the sloping teeth of a wheel or bar, permitting motion in one direction only.

3. The pawl, wheel, or bar of this mechanism.

4. A mechanism that consists of a bar or wheel having inclined teeth into which a pawl drops so that motion can be imparted to the wheel or bar, governed, or prevented and that is used in a hand tool (as a wrench or screwdriver) to allow effective motion in one direction only.

5. A pawl or detent for holding or propelling a toothed wheel.

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1. To cause to move by steps or degrees.

2. To proceed by steps or degrees.

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1. To increase or decrease by increments.

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1. To cause to increase or decrease by increments: "Some companies . . . may make things worse if they seek to ratchet down their medical expenses by limiting benefits for psychological or psychiatric care” ( Newsweek).

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Here are some other words you could make with the letters ratchet

Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
chatter	12	Scrabble
chatter	12	Words With Friends

2 Letters	Scrabble®	WWF®
ae	2	2
ah	5	4
ar	2	2
at	2	2
eh	5	4
er	2	2
et	2	2
ha	5	4
he	5	4
re	2	2
ta	2	2
te	2	2

3 Letters	Scrabble®	WWF®
ace	5	6
act	5	6
arc	5	6
are	3	3
art	3	3
ate	3	3
att	3	3
car	5	6
cat	5	6
ear	3	3
eat	3	3
era	3	3
eta	3	3
eth	6	5
hae	6	5
hat	6	5
her	6	5
het	6	5
rah	6	5
rat	3	3
rec	5	6
ret	3	3
tae	3	3
tar	3	3
tat	3	3
tea	3	3
tec	5	6
tet	3	3
the	6	5

4 Letters	Scrabble®	WWF®
ache	9	9
acre	6	7
arch	9	9
care	6	7
cart	6	7
cate	6	7
cert	6	7
char	9	9
chat	9	9
each	9	9
eath	7	6
echt	9	9
etch	9	9
haet	7	6
hare	7	6
hart	7	6
hate	7	6
hear	7	6
heat	7	6
race	6	7
rate	4	4
rath	7	6
rhea	7	6
tace	6	7
tach	9	9
tact	6	7
tahr	7	6
tare	4	4
tart	4	4
tate	4	4
tear	4	4
teat	4	4
tech	9	9
teth	7	6
thae	7	6
that	7	6
tret	4	4

5 Letters	Scrabble®	WWF®
caret	7	8
carte	7	8
cater	7	8
chare	10	10
chart	10	10
cheat	10	10
chert	10	10
crate	7	8
earth	8	7
hater	8	7
heart	8	7
ratch	10	10
rathe	8	7
reach	10	10
react	7	8
recta	7	8
retch	10	10
tacet	7	8
tache	10	10
tater	5	5
teach	10	10
tecta	7	8
tetra	5	5
theca	10	10
theta	8	7
trace	7	8
tract	7	8
treat	5	5

6 Letters	Scrabble®	WWF®
hatter	9	8
rachet	11	11
threat	9	8

7 Letters	Scrabble®	WWF®
chatter	12	12
ratchet	12	12

Ratchet Sentence Examples

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