ratchet meaning
EN
[ˈrætʃɪt] [-ætʃɪt] WRatchet
- Ratchet may refer to:
- NounPLratchets
- 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.
- (analogous) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
- The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.
- A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
- VerbSGratchetsPRratchetingPT, PPratcheted
- (transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented.
- It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.
- (intransitive) To increment or decrement.
- (transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented.
- AdjectiveCOMmore ratchetSUPmost ratchet
- (US, slang) ghetto (unseemly and indecorous).
- (US, slang) ghetto (unseemly and indecorous).
Definition of ratchet in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en ratchets
- en ratchety
- en ratcheted
- en ratcheting
- en ratchet up
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "ratchet" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.