ratching

English

Verb

ratching

1. present participle and gerund of ratch

Noun

ratching (plural ratchings)

1. The act of that which ratches or stretches.
   • 2000, Michael Gelven, The Asking Mystery: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 169:

     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.

Anagrams

• charting, traching