ratchet vs twirl

ratchet

noun
  • A ratchet wrench. 

  • A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. 

  • A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear. See gragger, raganella. 

  • A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up. 

  • A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl. 

verb
  • To increment or decrement. 

  • To cause to become incremented or decremented. 

adj
  • Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous. 

twirl

noun
  • A little twist of some substance; a swirl. 

  • A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. 

  • Any rotating movement; a spin. 

  • A prison guard. 

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a twirl. 

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