ratchety

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet

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Meanings

adjectiveratchety (comparative more ratchety, superlative most ratchety)

comparative more ratchety · superlative most ratchety

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet

    The parking brake pivoted with well-calibrated resistance and no ratchety noise.

    2007 August 26, Lawrence Ulrich, “Germans Land on Saturn and Things Shape Up”, in New York Times
  2. Moving in jerks.

Origin

From ratchet + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chatterytrachyte
Cite this entry
APA

ratchety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratchety

MLA

“ratchety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratchety. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ratchety,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratchety.

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