räikkä — meaning in English

English meaning

• clapper noun The part inside a bell that swings and strikes it to make it ring.
• ratchet verb To increase or escalate something, usually in a series of small steps, especially so it can't easily go back down.

Senses

räikkä is used for these senses in English:

• clapper A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
• crake Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
• ratchet A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
• ratchet wrench A wrench, implementing a ratchet mechanism, usually used with a set of sockets to engage the head of a bolt or similar.

clapper — full definition

1. noun The part inside a bell that swings and strikes it to make it ring.
2. noun The hinged board on a clapperboard, used at the start of a film take to sync sound and picture.
3. noun Someone who claps or applauds.

ratchet — full definition

1. verb To increase or escalate something, usually in a series of small steps, especially so it can't easily go back down.
2. noun A tool or mechanism with a gear that allows movement in only one direction.

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