Meanings of rachet in English

The unignorable question now is whether it has suffered an irreversible rachet of decline?

Most relationships fail not because of who we are (control freaks, lovers of rachet lovers, etc.

There is the creaking of a chain, and the loud tinkle as the check of the capstan falls into the rachet.

Because of that hideous smile, Matthew felt the danger in the room rachet up, like a bowstring tightening to loose an evil arrow.

Siptu, the union representing the drivers, said the action by the company appeared to show it was attempting to "rachet up" the dispute.

His lifeless sausages were not gripped, or wrung, or squeezed, or racheted.

Josh shrank backward, and the corpse racheted out, "Protect... the... child."

The girl's head racheted, surveying the destruction.

But on Ukraine he started to tiptoe towards the US as Britain racheted up its response to Russia.

Laurie Rainey looked around, her head slowly racheting as if her neck and spine were connected by gear wheels.

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to go anywhere, despite Donald Trump racheting up his criticism of the former Senator.

And then Daufin's head racheted toward Jessie: a slow, halting motion, as if she was still unsure of how the bones fit together.

Australian director Natalie Erika James rachets up the tension in an extraordinarily accomplished feature film debut, from a screenplay by James and Christian White.