Connoisseurs of human fecklessness will appreciate that even as humankind is ratchetting up its demands on soil, we are destroying it faster than ever before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peak Energy] Reference

Suppose the materials undergo cyclic loading or ratchetting, in such a case using rate form can easily describe the cyclic stress-strain behavior, especially the plastic loading-elastic unloading transition.    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference

Like Princess Grace, she has a first-glance foundation of classic prettiness and a second-glance trick of ratchetting up every element of that beauty until she's just unattainable enough that you really want her -- waking up next to you, making you breakfast, greeting you when you get home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketers Board] Reference

I see that D&M are on about “ratchetting” again.    From Wordnik.com.  [A peer-reviewed article that supports ID . . . or something else - The Panda's Thumb] Reference