tach up
/ˌtæk ˈʌp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To rev (up) a car's engine; to accelerate.
Example Sentences
- "[...]and quickly, in an arc unexpectedly graceful, they had all turned outward, tached up, engaged, and like a time machine departing for the future, forever too soon for Zoyd, boomed away up the thin, cloudpressed lane."
- "Tito tached up and dropped into low, leaving a fragrant set of tracks a block long and a screech that could be heard halfway to Boulder Dam."