ratchets's Usage Examples:

The dramatic tension ratchets up because we see his deviousness long before the Americans notice it.

Royal Mail ratchets up the tension in the post office Royal Mail 's cost-cutting is creating the conditions for a possible national dispute.

In some cases hauling tackle is used, in others power is applied by levers and ratchets to the rollers on which the girders travel.

RT: Well, they'll need a set of sockets and ratchets up to an inch and a set of wrenches and screwdrivers.

ratchets up the tension in the post office Royal Mail's cost-cutting is creating the conditions for a possible national dispute.

Synonyms:

pawl, detent, dog, ratchet screwdriver, mechanical device, click, ratchet wheel, rachet, ratch, spiral ratchet screwdriver,

Antonyms:

rotor, continuant consonant, stand still, stay in place, retreat,