ratchet

Meaning of ratchet

noun
  1. A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
  2. A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
  3. A ratchet wrench.
  4. (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
verb
  1. To cause to become incremented or decremented.
    It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.
  2. To increment or decrement.

adjective

Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.

Information about ratchet

  • The plural form of ratchet is: ratchets.
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Hyphenation of ratchet

ratchet

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • ratchet is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ratchet synonyms

Meaning rachet:

rachet, ratch

Anagrams of ratchet

chatter

Words that rhyme with ratchet

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