rack up

rack ¹  (rk)

n.

1.

a. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles: a trophy rack; a rack for baseball bats in the dugout; a drying rack for laundry.

b. Games A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.

c. A receptacle for livestock feed.

d. A frame for holding bombs in an aircraft.

2. Slang A bunk; a bed.

3. A toothed bar that meshes with a gearwheel, pinion, or other toothed machine part.

4.

a. A state of intense anguish.

b. A cause of intense anguish.

5. An instrument of torture on which the victim's body was stretched.

6. A pair of antlers.

tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks

1. To place (billiard balls, for example) in a rack.

2. To cause great physical or mental suffering to: Pain racked his entire body. See Synonyms at afflict.

3. To torture by means of the rack.

Phrasal Verbs:

rack out Slang

To go to sleep or get some sleep.

rack up Informal

To accumulate or score: rack up points.

Idiom:

on the rack

Under great stress.

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[Middle English rakke, probably from Middle Dutch rec, framework; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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racker n.

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rack ²  (rk)

n.

A fast, flashy, four-beat gait of a horse in which each foot touches the ground separately and at equal intervals.

intr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks

To go or move in a rack.

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[Origin unknown.]

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rack ³  (rk)

n.

A thin mass of wind-driven clouds.

intr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks

To be driven by the wind; scud: low clouds racking by.

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[Middle English rak, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish rak, wreckage.]

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rack ⁴  (rk)

n.

Variant of wrack¹.

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rack ⁵  (rk)

n. & v.

Variant of wrack².

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rack ⁶  (rk)

tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks

To drain (wine or cider) from the dregs.

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[Middle English rakken, from Old Provençal arracar, from raca, stems and husks of grapes.]

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rack ⁷  (rk)

n.

1.

a. A wholesale rib cut of lamb or veal between the shoulder and the loin.

b. A retail rib cut of lamb or veal, prepared for roasting or for rib chops.

2. The neck and upper spine of mutton, pork, or veal.

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[Probably from rack.]

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rack up

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to accumulate (points)

2. (Performing Arts) Also rack down to adjust the vertical alignment of (the picture from a film projector or telecine machine) so that the upper or lower edges of the frame do not show

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	rack up - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" score, tally, hit par - make a score (on a hole) equal to par shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal" convert - score (a spare) convert - complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw" convert - score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won" homer - hit a home run gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" kick - make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" eagle - shoot in two strokes under par hole up - score a hole in one ace - score an ace against; "He aced his opponents" walk - obtain a base on balls equalise, equalize, get even - compensate; make the score equal get, have, make - achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
	2.	rack up - place in a rack; "rack pool balls" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
	3.	rack up - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" worst, whip, mop up, pip beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
	4.	rack up - supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals) fill, fill up - become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"

Translations

? rack up

vt sep → einbringen, hereinholen; to rack up £200,000 in sales → £ 200 000 aus Verkäufen hereinholen; to rack up 61% of the vote → 61% der Stimmen auf sich (dat) → vereinen