An adjective describing someone (usually female) who acts very hood or arrogant and irrational. They're generally loud and very difficult to reason with and have no respect for anyone's beliefs other than their own, even when they're wrong.
"Earlier, I saw this YouTube video of some ratchet hoe jump on the counter at McDonald's to attack the staff."
"You like her? She ain't nothin' but a ratchet-ass hoodrat"
"You like her? She ain't nothin' but a ratchet-ass hoodrat"
by TruthHurts88 June 06, 2013
by yooulookin October 30, 2015
Ratchet a gun a burner heater a gat a tool a hammer yo son you got the ratchet on you I alway keep the ratchet on me
by silentmaster December 14, 2017
by Jazzy F. January 16, 2008
A person who thinks they're fabulous but they aren't. They ironically call other people ratchet when indeed they are the true ratchet. They tend to like certain celebrity's like Selena Gomez and Ariana grande because they feel like they will date them one day.
by Not a ratchet May 30, 2013

