ratchet
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈræʧɪt/
- Offensive
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chabacano
- My eyebrows are so ratchet today, guys.
Maybe raunchy rap, ratchet rap, women rap.
- Maybe raunchy rap, ratchet rap, women rap.
- My eyebrows are so ratchet today, guys.
- Let me get to it, ratchet ass.
- I would say in public, I sometimes look so ratchet, like you will never see me looking that bad.
- It reminds me actually, there was this this kind of ratchet chick, you know, I was into like real ratchet kind of chicks for a while.
- Then I'm going to take this ratchet margarine.
- So the life of those who acquire through hard work what they must work harder to possess is pretty ratchet and brief.
- Therefore, we're both trapped in mirror image echo chambers of, of hate that are ratchet, that are extremifying us.
- I grew up Ratchet or around a bunch of military brats, not the military brats.
Examples
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This looks so ratchet, for lack of a better term.
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She wore a ratchet outfit that looked out of place at the formal event.
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I would say in public, I sometimes look so ratchet, like you will never see me looking that bad.
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OK, so my future very ratchet looking self right now is coming at Geo to give you a quick update on this camera.
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I'm a savage ratchet, bougie ratchet.
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They've normalized the ratchet and they want us to think it's OK to be that.
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His ratchet behavior at the party embarrassed his friends.
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The movie was filled with ratchet jokes that many found distasteful.
Antonyms
Compounds
1
5.3
A tool that turns screws one way when you press down, without lifting the tool
- Specialized
1
8.4
A hand tool that turns screws when you press its spiral handle down
How Refined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ratchet in slang probably began as a changed form of the word wretched, which means 'very poor' or 'rough', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of something that looks or acts rough or low in style, so ratchet now means 'crude' or 'tasteless'.