1. A type of tool
2. A female "wannabe"
3. A person (usually female) who thinks she is cool, but she is not.
4. A derogatory term to describe a female who thinks she is young, thin, fashionable, or intelligent but who is not.
Origin: An ebonic vernacular term coined from the word "wretched." Origin: Made popular by rapper Lil' Boosie in his song "Ratchet" whose subject is the poor and wretched. The term has been picked up by the mainstream teenage culture.
"She thinks her clothes make her hot, but she's ratchet."
"Mom, dating that guy my age is just ratchet." e.g. from "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce"
"Look at that ratchet with the bad hairdo and torn fishnets sucking up to the guy in the Porsche. That's just ratchet."
by Voyajer 17 February 15, 2017
Get the Ratchet mug.
a term used for a gun, cannon ,blow torch, tool
Heard that nigga came through squeezing on a ratchet
by yooulookin October 31, 2015
Get the ratchet mug.
1. A type of wrench used to crank down or unscrew nuts and bolts.

2. The word "wretched" as spelled and pronounced by the uneducated.
1: That girl is hella ratchet!..

2: No. You mean to say she's "wretched". Ratchet is a type of wrench. Another acceptable word you could've used is "skanky" or "whorish."
by Jon Solo March 8, 2014
Get the Ratchet mug.
The Medical Officer from Transformers, not a disgusting human being.
Optimus Prime "My Medical Officer, Ratchet." Ratchet "Hmm, the boys pheromone level suggests he wants to mate with the female." Transformers 1, when the other autobots arrive.
by MichaelS125 April 14, 2014
Get the Ratchet mug.
adj. a term for someone who is either 1. a whore 2. dirty/nasty 3. ghetto as HELL 4. being annoying 5. busted
Example 1:
*whore/ obvious prostitute walks by*
friend: she mad ratchet!!!
other friend: i know right ew

Example 2:

*kid being annoying*
girl: you bein mad ratchet!
boy: no u ratchet
*and it goes on for like 10 minutes

Example 3:

* busted car drives by *

girl: that is the most ratchet-ass car i've seen
boy: i'm glad we dont have one like that
by damn.she.ratchet<3 August 24, 2012
Get the ratchet mug.
adjective. a person (or activity) that is in general, over the top, out of control hood/ghetto, gritty, and unapologetically so

antonym. bourgeois
Example:

Hurricane Chris.

In a sentence:

"I live for 1/2 off drinks on Big Booty Tuesdays. I'm so ratchet!"
by baptastic December 6, 2012
Get the ratchet mug.
Ratchet is....
1. a wrench
2. the main character from the Insomniac video game series, "Ratchet And Clank"
3. a musical instrument that makes a scraping noise
1. This ratchet does not work on this car gear.
2. DARN IT RATCHET, JUST KILL THAT ROBOT!
3. This ratchet is so noisy!
by GLaDOSPORTAL3WANt! April 30, 2014
Get the Ratchet mug.