👉 "Ratchet and clank" is like a musical symphony of metal, but with a side of existential dread. It's that peculiar combination of the sharp, mechanical 'ratchet' sound (think: opening a bolt of doomsday) and the grating 'clank' noise (like the groan of a dying robot), all played out in the grand orchestra of a sci-fi movie.
Here's an unsettling example sentence: "As we reached the final ratchet and clank of our spaceship's doomsday mechanism, the screen flickered to life, revealing the unthinkable: we weren't alone."
