ratchet vs squeaker

ratchet

noun
  • 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 ratchet wrench. 

  • 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. 

squeaker

noun
  • A young bird; a cheeper. 

  • A party toy that uncoils with a squeaking sound when blown; a party puffer. 

  • An Australian grey crow-shrike or grey currawong (Strepera versicolor plumbea). 

  • A piglet of the wild boar. 

  • An informer. 

  • Any of family Arthroleptidae, of frogs. 

  • Any of genus Synodontis, of catfish. 

  • An act of flatulence; a fart. 

  • One who or that which squeaks. 

  • A game or election won by a narrow margin. 

  • A young user on a voice chat system who has a high-pitched voice. 

  • A squab or young domestic pigeon still in the nest. 

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