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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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
chatter	12	Scrabble

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

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

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

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

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hatter	9
rachet	11
threat	9

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
chatter	12
ratchet	12