[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.", "(not in technical use) a pawl or the like used with a ratchet or ratchet wheel ratchet wheel.", "a mechanism consisting of such a bar or wheel with the pawl.", "ratchet wheel ( def ) ratchet wheel ( def ).", "a steady progression up or down:the upward ratchet of oil prices."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to move by degrees (often followed byupordown):to ratchet prices up;Interest rates have been ratcheting downward."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["flashy, unrefined, etc.; low-class:ratchet girls wearing too much makeup.", "exhibiting or affirming low-class traits in a way that is considered authentic:Better to stay a ratchet bitch than become a bougie poser like her.", "extremely good; awesome ."]}]