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The answer RATCHET has 71 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of ratchet in various dictionaries:
noun - mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
verb - move by degrees in one direction only
A mechanism consisting of a pawl that engages the sloping teeth of a wheel or bar, permitting motion in one direction only.
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| (Jon of the Clue Crew is in his workshop tightening a bolt in a piece of wood.) This mechanism increases tension without the risk of slipping back; it's also an idiom for turning up the pressure on someone |
| Let's tighten things up: use the flex-head, standard-head & thumbwheel types to this tool it "up a notch" |
| It's a device with a pawl for holding a toothed wheel; in another sense, it's something done to prices, up & down by degrees |
| As a noun, it's a tool; as a verb, it's what's done to pressure that gets raised by degrees |
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| a part of a machine that allows controlled movement in one direction only |
| a system that controls activity: |
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