by RosePearlBanterBoy January 15, 2016

That ratchet driver is running off the road by cutting me off by using their high beams to blind you!
by Knwac August 3, 2017

A nasty person. Usually, a female. There is a Nasty Ratchet and a Ghetto Ratchet. A ghetto ratchet is down to "throw hands". A nasty ratchet is a down as bitch, yet she knows the legal boundary(s).
by Anne_xyz May 21, 2020

Ratchets are tools. The reference is specifically talking about burglary tools or tools of the drug game or guns. Girls that like to use them to do hood rat shit with their man who they are complete sluts for are ratchet ass hoes. Like Joker and Harley Quinn.
by Str8fuct_n_jaded2 January 27, 2025

by MydumptruckisTHICCC June 4, 2021

Ratchet means "rat shit ghetto." This term originated amongst many Deep South rappers - namely a song by Lil Boosie called "Do Tha Ratchet"on a 2006 album called "United We Stand, Divided We Fall," but had been in other Boosie mixtapes.
Ratchet refers to generally being from the ghetto.
Ratchet refers to generally being from the ghetto.
we all got ratchet in us
by durkamang October 26, 2014

Jesus your science fair project is ratchet here take my less terrible potato clock (shoves project into friends hand takes other project and runs away)
by Queen Chilebean August 15, 2015
