Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ratchety

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ratch-ety
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet

adj

Moving in jerks.

Example Sentences

"The parking brake pivoted with well-calibrated resistance and no ratchety noise."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ratchet Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English ratchety From ratchet + -y.

Inflected Forms

more ratchety (comparative) most ratchety (superlative)

Questions

What does ratchety mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet
Where does ratchety come from?: Etymology tree English ratchet Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English ratchety From ratchet + -y.

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