Synonyms for ratchet
ˈrætʃ ɪtratch·et

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1. ratchet, rachet, ratchverb

   mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction

   Synonyms:
   ratch, rachet

2. ratchet, rachet up, ratchet downverb

   move by degrees in one direction only

   "a ratcheting lopping tool"

   Synonyms:
   rachet up, ratchet down

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1. skank

   slang synonym for skank

   that "ratchet" has been with every homie on the block- twice.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2020  

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1. ratchetnoun

   Synonyms:
   click, catch, detent, pawl

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1. List of paraphrases for "ratchet":

   pawl, cliquet, wrench

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1. Trey Gowdy:

   Letters haven't worked. Southern politeness hasn't worked. We're going to ratchet it up.

2. Bonnie Glaser:

   If tensions ratchet up between the United States and North Korea, then China will end up in the middle, being seen as working closely with the country which is the problem, not giving up its nuclear weapons.

3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   Let me suggest that had the President and his team spent as much time trying to ratchet up the sanctions on the Iranians over the last two years as they have entering into an agreement, which most of us are highly skeptical of as to having any positive impact at all, we'd have ended up in better place.

4. Andrew Woodhouse:

   You have to ratchet back the (forecast output) numbers, there are growers who won't be able to plant a crop, and those that do desperately need rain.

5. Elena Kagan:

   You want to ratchet that down, isn't that interfering with decisional independence?