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A ghetto-dialect mispronunciation of the English term "wretched".
"Ol' girl with her hoochie-ass clothes too tight an' her tracks shown' in her scraggly-ass weave with her fake-ass Gucci bag think she cute. She ratchet."
by Big Booty D April 27, 2014
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When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods
Bro since I got dirtpilled on Tuesday I have made sooo many worm friends and made them soo many little houses to get married in. Me? Lonely? No you’re the lonely one u lawn owning freak
by ecogoth December 30, 2020
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1) A ratchet is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. Though something of a misnomer, "ratchet" is also often used to refer to ratcheting socket wrenches, a common tool with a ratcheting handle.

2) A character in the Transformers franchise. (Seriously?)
1) There is a ratchet in that clock. That means that the clock can't turn the opposite direction...

2) Ratchet can turn into an ambulance at will.
by Anon255 February 08, 2013
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a galactic space lombax that has saved over 50 galaxies along with a robot named Clank.
Gamer 1: Ratchet is one of the universe's greatest heroes that has been known by all kinds of alien races!

Gamer 2: But didn't Clank also help him?

Gamer 1: Yeah, he met him while fixing his ship.
by SuperDooperPooperScooper November 13, 2013
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1: To act in a dysfunctional or out-of-pocket manner; unruly; 2: Someone whose actions could be considered as severely undistinguishable; possesing little or no class.
"I'm tired of Denise bringin' them ratchet ass kids around the house when I'm trynna work! Little heathens always trynna tear shit up!"

"Ayy yo tell me why this bitch is down to let the whole team smash?!?"
"Cause she ratchet..."
by Mr.Bornfly22 December 17, 2012
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One of the most epic Transformers, he is yellow-ish and pretty much the brains of Optimus Prime's group.
Optimus Prime: Our medical officer: Ratchet.
Ratchet: The boy's pheromone levels suggest he wants to mate with the female.
by TransformersChick July 26, 2009
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