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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