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ratchet wrench
noun
A wrench, implementing a ratchet mechanism, usually used with a set of sockets to engage the head of a bolt or similar.
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His soldering gun, his saw, his ratchet wrench: They all come from Sears.
The best tools to use are a fixed wrench for the outer bolt top, and a deep-well ratchet wrench for the inner nut.
This sleek new wine opener operates like a ratchet wrench, which is what the people at Built, a New York company, were thinking of when they designed it.
Also, working with tools that I have often used on the ground presented challenges in zero G, as your ability to "anchor" yourself becomes very challenging...but it's also kind of fun to spin around while you try to use a ratchet wrench!
Picture a ratchet wrench with a single pivot: To upshift, just notch it back a click; to downshift, notch it forward.
Without him you would not have known how to change a flat tire, nor the difference between a socket wrench and a ratchet wrench.
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It's a 44-piece tool kit including hammer, tape measure, level, screwdriver, wrench, ratcheting wrench, and utility knife in a case molded in the shape of Thor's hammer.
The ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen — the implementer of some of the most unjust immigration policies since the internment of citizens and noncitizens of Japanese descent during World War II — is further proof of President Trump's ratchet-wrench theory of loyalty.
Secure with a ratchet or wrench.
Thread the washer and nut over the bolt, tightening with a ratchet or wrench.
Just be cool when you ratchet the wrench back and forth.
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