[{"word":"ratcheting","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cause to become incremented or decremented.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here."},{"definition":"To increment or decrement.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is ratcheted.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ratchet","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ratcheting"]}]