ratcheting

English

Verb

ratcheting

1. present participle and gerund of ratchet

Noun

ratcheting (countable and uncountable, plural ratchetings)

1. The act by which something is ratcheted.
2. A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.

Anagrams

• chattering