ratchety
English
Etymology
Adjective
ratchety (comparative more ratchety, superlative most ratchety)
- Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet
- 2007 August 26, Lawrence Ulrich, “Germans Land on Saturn and Things Shape Up”, in New York Times[1]:
- The parking brake pivoted with well-calibrated resistance and no ratchety noise.
- Moving in jerks.