Ratchet Explained

Ratchet may refer to:

Devices

• Ratchet (device), a mechanical device that allows movement in only one direction
• Ratchet, metonymic name for a socket wrench incorporating a ratcheting device
• Ratchet (instrument), a musical instrument and a warning device

Film and television

• Ratchet (Robots), a character in the film Robots
• Ratchet, a character in the Widget the World Watcher television series
• Ratchet, a character in the Red Lantern Corps DC Comics series
• Ratchet (Transformers), a character
• Ratchet, a 1986 thriller film by John Johnson

Video games

• Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank), a video game character
• , a video game

Music

• “Ratchet (song)” Millionaires (group) featuring Kreayshawn, 2012
• "Ratchet" (Bloc Party song), 2013
• Ratchet (Shamir album), 2015
• Ratchet, another name for the RnBass genre

Other

• Ratchet option, a financial derivative also known as cliquet option
• Double Ratchet Algorithm, an algorithm for managing cryptographic keys
• Ratchet (slang), a derogatory term
• Ratchet Gearloose, a Disney character, paternal grandfather of Gyro Gearloose

See also

• Nurse Ratched
• Ratched (TV series)