Usually means: Tool for tightening, loosening mechanisms.
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▸ noun:  Archaic form of ratchet. [A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.]

Similar:
ratch, ratchet, crank, clamp, push, stoke, pare, ramping, rev, ratchet wheel, more...

Opposite:
unwind, loosen, release, relax, untighten

Types:
socket wrench, torque wrench, breaker bar, flex head ratchet, palm ratchet, stubby ratchet, reversible ratchet, long handle ratchet, more...

Phrases:
rachet up, more...



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Similar:
ratch, ratchet, crank, clamp, push, stoke, pare, ramping, rev, ratchet wheel, more...

Opposite:
unwind, loosen, release, relax, untighten

Types:
socket wrench, torque wrench, breaker bar, flex head ratchet, palm ratchet, stubby ratchet, reversible ratchet, long handle ratchet, more...

Phrases:
rachet up, more...



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