āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
ratchet
/ÉšËÃĻtâĘÉĒt/
Ratchet
01
āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
a round metal part that rotates in one direction and locks in the opposite direction, used on art tools such as paintbrush handles or adjustable clamps
to ratchet
01
āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ§āĻžāĻĒā§ āĻ§āĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ° āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
move by degrees in one direction only
ratchet
01
āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§, āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ°
trashy, loud, or disorderly in behavior or style; sometimes embraced positively
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She wore a ratchet outfit that turned heads.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ ratchet āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
