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ratchet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æt??t/
- Rhymes: -æt??t
Etymology 1
From French rochet (“bobbin, spindle, ratchet”), from Italian rocchetto (“spool, ratchet”).
Alternative forms
- rachet (archaic)
Noun
ratchet (plural ratchets)
- A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
- A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
- A ratchet wrench.
- (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
- A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear. See gragger, raganella.
Translations
Verb
ratchet (third-person singular simple present ratchets, present participle ratcheting, simple past and past participle ratcheted)
- (transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented.
- (intransitive) To increment or decrement.
Translations
Etymology 2
Possibly a variant (representing a Southern or specifically Louisianan pronunciation) of wretched.
Adjective
ratchet (comparative more ratchet, superlative most ratchet)
- (US, slang) Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
Derived terms
- ratchetness
Anagrams
- chatter, traceth
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ratchety
English
Etymology
ratchet +? -y
Adjective
ratchety (comparative more ratchety, superlative most ratchety)
- Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet
- Moving in jerks.
Anagrams
- chattery, trachyte
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