ratchet

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
 * 2) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
 * 3) A ratchet wrench.
 * 4)  A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
 * 5) A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear.
 * 1) A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear.

Translations

 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Sperrklinke
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: ,
 * Persian: ضامن چرخ دنده
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * German: Gesperre
 * Italian: ruota a cricchetto,
 * Persian: چرخ ضامن‌دار
 * Polish: mechanizm zębatkowo-zapadkowy
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Norwegian: sperrehake, sperrehjul, klinkehake

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to become incremented or decremented.
 * 2)  To increment or decrement.
 * 1)  To increment or decrement.

Translations

 * Italian: munire di arpionismo


 * Italian: funzionare grazie ad un arpionismo

Etymology 2
Possibly a variant (representing a Southern or specifically Louisianan pronunciation) of. Compare for.

Adjective

 * 1)   Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.