present participle of ratchet

The act by which something is ratcheted. / A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.

plural of ratcheting

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.

(US, slang) Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.

(transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented. / (intransitive) To increment or decrement.

plural of ratchet

simple past tense and past participle of ratchet

The quality of being ratchet.

Uperoleia stridera, a small species of Australian frog.