How to pronounce ratchet
Listen to ratchet in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“ratchet” in real sentences
218 clips in the index · 50 American · 49 British · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Oh, well now now the ratchet the ratchet has closed and you owe us a duty
The Atlantic · hear it here
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Well, not ratchet, that wee cogwheel.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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our rhetoric, to ratchet up tensions.
State Department · hear it here
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and when we take those steps whether to ratchet up a ratchet down we're swapping stories
Zachary Baiel · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ratchet. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.