Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rack up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: rack- up
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To arrange in a rack.

verb

To gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate.

verb

To acquire, to gather together.

verb

To defeat severely, to thrash.

verb

To collect one's chips and cash out.

verb

To attribute, chalk up.

Example Sentences

"At the start of the game, the referee racks up the red balls."
"If you rack up, I'll break."
"Chelsea racked up another 3 points at home to Bolton."
"In between, Mesut Özil's penalty was saved and Arsenal racked up more chances than they would probably want to remember."
"As the hearings open, Every Breath You Take sits in the Top 10 of the most-streamed songs daily worldwide on Spotify, racking up about 3.5m plays on that platform alone each day: more than some of the most popular songs of recent times such as Billie Eilish’s Birds of a Feather and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s Die With a Smile."
"By the age of 18, he had already racked up thousands of dollars in debt."

Inflected Forms

racks up (present, singular) racking up (participle, present) racked up (participle, past) racked up (past)

Synonyms

worst pip mop up whip score tally rack

Questions

What does rack up mean?: To arrange in a rack.

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