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Showing words for RATCHET using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Ratchet

chatter, ratchet

6 Letter Words for Ratchet

achter, catter, charet, hatter, hectar, rachet, thrace, threat

5 Letter Words for Ratchet

acher, arche, archt, arett, atter, caret, carte, cater, cerat, chare, chart, cheat, chert, crate, creta, earth, ecart, echar, hater, hatte, heart, rache, ratch, rathe, reach, react, retch, tacet, tache, tarte, tater, teach, teart, tecta, tetch, tetra, theat, theca, theta, thrae, trace, tract, treat

4 Letter Words for Ratchet

acer, ache, acre, acth, arch, aret, arte, atte, care, cart, cate, cath, cera, cert, char, chat, cher, each, eath, echt, erat, erth, etat, etch, haec, hare, hart, hate, hatt, hear, heat, hera, hert, race, rach, rate, rath, rect, rhea, rhet, tace, tach, tact, tahr, tare, tart, tate, tath, tche, tchr, tear, teat, teca, tech, tehr, tera, teth, thae, thar, that, thea, trac, trah, trat, tret

3 Letter Words for Ratchet

ace, ach, act, aer, arc, are, art, ate, att, car, cat, cer, cha, che, crt, cte, ctr, ear, eat, ech, ect, era, ert, eta, etc, eth, hae, hat, her, het, rah, rat, rct, rea, rec, reh, rha, rhe, rte, tar, tat, tch, tea, tec, ter, tet, tha, the, tra, trt

Definitions for Ratchet

[1] a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
[2] (not in technical use) a pawl or the like used with a ratchet or ratchet wheel.
[3] a mechanism consisting of such a bar or wheel with the pawl.
[4] ratchet wheel.
[5] a steady progression up or down: the upward ratchet of oil prices.
[6] to move by degrees (often followed by up or down ): to ratchet prices up; Interest rates have been ratcheting downward.
[7] flashy, unrefined, etc.; low-class: ratchet girls wearing too much makeup.
[8] exhibiting or affirming low-class traits in a way that is considered authentic: Better to stay a ratchet bitch than become a bougie poser like her.
[9] extremely good; awesome.
[10] a device in which a toothed rack or wheel is engaged by a pawl to permit motion in one direction only
[11] the toothed rack or wheel forming part of such a device
[12] to operate using a ratchet
[13] (usually foll by up or down ) to increase or decrease, esp irreversibly electricity prices will ratchet up this year ; Hitchcock ratchets up the tension once again

Words related to Ratchet

disk, drum, roller, prong, whirl, gyre, rotation, circulation, pulley, hoop, circumvolution, round, turn, gyration, circuit, twirl, pivot, spin, roll, ring

Words nearby Ratchet

ratbag, ratbaggery, ratbite fever, ratcatcher, ratch, ratchet, ratchet effect, ratchet jack, ratchet wheel, rate, rate base

Origin of Ratchet

2First recorded in 1990–95; from a dance and genre of hip-hop music originating in Shreveport, Louisiana

Other words from Ratchet

ratch·et·ness , noun

Word origin for Ratchet

C17: from French rochet , from Old French rocquet blunt head of a lance, of Germanic origin: compare Old High German rocko distaff

Synonyms for Ratchet

disk, drum, roller, caster, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, cycle, gyration, gyre, hoop, pivot, pulley, ring, roll, rotation, round, spin, trolley, turn, twirl, whirl