ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ratching

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Ratching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of ratch.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of ratch.

More Meanings

  1. The act of that which ratches or stretches.

Example Sentences

The various ratchings of the torture wheel require what was gleaned before; but it is a descent of asking, not answering. At no stage on the level of torture do we discover what is the fundamental answer.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ratchet, rachet, rach, unfortunately.

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