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ratch

ratch is the alternative form of rach.

ratch is the alternative form of rotche.

Noun

ratch (plural ratches)

  1. A ratchet wheel.
  2. A white mark on a horse's face.

Verb

ratch (third-person singular simple present ratches, present participle ratching, simple past and past participle ratched)

  1. (transitive) To stretch.
  2. (transitive) To streak.
  3. (intransitive) To sail by tacks.

Meaning of rach

Noun

rach (plural raches)

  1. (dialectal) a dog that hunts by scent

See all 2 meanings of rach

Meaning of rotche

Noun

rotche (plural rotches)

  1. A small alcid of the north Atlantic, the little auk, Alle alle.

Forms of ratch

Noun
pluralratches
Verb
third-person singular presentratches
present participleratching
past participleratched
pastratched

Questions about ratch

What does ratch mean?
Ratch means a ratchet wheel.
What is ratch the alternative form of?
Ratch is the alternative form of rach.
What part of speech is ratch?
Ratch can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of ratch?
The plural of ratch is ratches.

Words near ratch in the dictionary

  1. ratcastle
  2. ratcastles
  3. ratcatcher
  4. ratcatchers
  5. ratcatching
  6. ratch
  7. Ratchaburi
  8. ratched
  9. Ratchel
  10. ratchelly
  11. ratches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ratch (page history and authors); rach (page history and authors); rotche (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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