"ratchetlike" meaning in English

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        "2": "ratchet",
        "3": "like"
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      "expansion": "ratchet + -like",
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  "etymology_text": "From ratchet + -like.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ratchetlike",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most ratchetlike",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2007 May 15, Henry Fountain, “How a Vast Ice Sheet Put the Squeeze on Earth (and Its Gravity)”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Tiny upward-facing hairs on the lower portion of the awns have a ratchetlike function, preventing the awns from backsliding once they’ve moved.",
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      ],
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        "Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ratchet",
          "ratchet"
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "ratchetlike"
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        "2": "ratchet",
        "3": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "ratchet + -like",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ratchet + -like.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ratchetlike",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most ratchetlike",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "expansion": "ratchetlike (comparative more ratchetlike, superlative most ratchetlike)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2007 May 15, Henry Fountain, “How a Vast Ice Sheet Put the Squeeze on Earth (and Its Gravity)”, in New York Times:",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet."
      ],
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