Ratchet

A term ghetto people use to describe other ghetto people.

Ghetto girl one: I can see yo coochie hanging out your shorts, you ratchet.
Ghetto girl two: Says the girl who sucks dick for food stamps!! YOU ratchet.

by I hate Swag fags May 29, 2013

ratchet

A ghetto girl who is loud and obnoxious and constantly causing drama and usually trashy.

A ratchet girl would wear a sweat suit and talk like this: " o hell naw i know that bitch was not talking to my man I finna beat her ass, ooo she is so fake."

by real things September 18, 2012

Ratchet

A word that people use to call something "ghetto" or the equivalent of "ghetto".

The irony lies in that 95% of the time, a "ghetto" person is using the word.

Person 1: She so ratchet gurl.
Person 2: Oh the irony.

by DHM February 8, 2013

Ratchet

The mispronouncing of the word WRETCHED

*of poor quality; very bad

"These hoes be too ratchet-"

"Just stop! The word is wretched."

by tadalicious July 29, 2014

Ratchet

Miley Cyrus.

Miley Cyrus is ratchet. She thinks She can "twerk" and thinks she is from "the hood".

by hyperglow2013 August 25, 2013

Ratchet

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

ratchet

a term used for a gun, cannon ,blow torch, tool

Heard that nigga came through squeezing on a ratchet

by yooulookin December 30, 2015