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Ratchet may refer to:

Devices

* Ratchet (device), a mechanical device that allows movement in only one direction
* Ratchet, metonomic name for a socket wrench incorporating a ratcheting device
* Ratchet (instrument), a music 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, one of the Autobot Transformers
* ''Ratchet'', a 1986 thriller film by John Johnson

Video games

* Ratchet (''Ratchet & Clank''), a video game character
* '' Ratchet: Deadlocked'', a video game

Music

* "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)
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