RACK UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rack up mean? 

• RACK UP (verb)
  The verb RACK UP has 4 senses:

1. gain points in a game

2. place in a rack

3. defeat thoroughly

4. supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)

  Familiarity information: RACK UP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACK UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gain points in a game

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

hit; rack up; score; tally

Context example:

He hit .300 in the past season

Hypernyms (to "rack up" is one way to...):

advance; gain; gain ground; get ahead; make headway; pull ahead; win (obtain advantages, such as points, etc.)

"Rack up" entails doing...:

compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rack up"):

par (make a score (on a hole) equal to par)

shoot (score)

convert (score (a spare))

convert (complete successfully)

convert (score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone)

homer (hit a home run)

kick (make a goal)

eagle (shoot in two strokes under par)

hole up (score a hole in one)

ace (score an ace against)

walk (obtain a base on balls)

equalise; equalize; get even (compensate; make the score equal)

get; have; make (achieve a point or goal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place in a rack

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

rack pool balls

Hypernyms (to "rack up" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Defeat thoroughly

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

mop up; pip; rack up; whip; worst

Context example:

He mopped up the floor with his opponents

Hypernyms (to "rack up" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rack up" is one way to...):

fill; fill up (become full)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something