Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹætʃɪt/
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.
- French: rochet
- German: Sperrklinke
- Italian: nottolino, cricchetto
- Spanish: matraca, trinquete
- German: Gesperre
- Italian: ruota a cricchetto, arpionismo
- Russian: храпови́к
- Spanish: matraca
- French: clé à cliquet
- German: Ratsche
- Italian: chiave a cricchetto
- Spanish: matraca herramienta
ratchet (ratchets, present participle ratcheting; past and past participle ratcheted)
- (transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented.
- It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.
- (intransitive) To increment or decrement.
- Italian: munire di arpionismo
- Italian: funzionare grazie ad un arpionismo
ratchet
- (US, slang) Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
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