ratchet

slang term for a handgun; specifically a revolver. hence the racheting action and distinctive 'click' sound when rotating the cylinder; similar to the noise a socket wrench/ratchet produces.

yeah, this box full of ratchets/but i aint no auto mechanic
russian roulette/leave you sunk in the atlantic

by FullAutoEpidemic March 16, 2011

ratchet

A word to describe a handgun. Much like the word hammer it is derived from the word tool.

"Why do they call it a ratchet?"

"Because it will twist your cap!"

by Leatherneck February 13, 2006

ratchet

Someone who is or acts:
ghetto
out of pocket
or just plain unnecessary

She's been acting ratchet lately

by wellyouknow483 December 04, 2010

Ratchet

Means Nasty,Crazy, Incredible

Man that girl was fuckin Ratchet.

by GuttaKing August 27, 2008

ratchet

Something undesirable, ghetto, or a hot ass mess in general. Nobody wants to be around someone that's ratchet. They tend to like surfing and videotaping jokes that aren't funny.

Robert Meadows is ratchet, he's a hot ass mess.

by royalratchetness October 22, 2012

Ratchet

Someone or something hella ghetto. Educated people say wretched but with a ghetto people say ratchet. Tomato/tomatoe, wretched/ratchet.

Ratchets never win spelling bees.

My friends Norma and Michael are straight ratchets. They communicate by twerking.

by IndiaMaria September 23, 2013

Ratchet

A cold, heartless, ghetto-ass bitch with a big ole bootie. A chick who won't let you even beat off or fuck a whore. Based on the character Nurse Ratchet from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

When nurse ratchet won't let McMurphy fuck his prostitute girlfriend, she was being real ratchet.

by Swagnificent July 03, 2012