rack
1
[ rak ]
/ ræk /
noun
verb (used with object)
Verb Phrases
rack out, Slang.
to go to bed; go to sleep: I racked out all afternoon.
rack up,
- Pool. to put (the balls) in a rack.
- Informal. to tally, accumulate, or amass as an achievement or score: The corporation racked up the greatest profits in its history.
Origin of rack
1
1250–1300; Middle English
rakke, rekke (noun) < Middle Dutch
rac, rec, recke; compare Middle Low German
reck, German
Reck
SYNONYMS FOR rack
OTHER WORDS FROM rack
rack·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby rack
Definition for rack up (2 of 2)
rack
2
[ rak ]
/ ræk /
noun
ruin or destruction; wrack.
Verb Phrases
rack up, Slang.
to wreck, especially a vehicle.
Origin of rack
2
First recorded in 1590–1600; variant of
wrack1
British Dictionary definitions for rack up (1 of 7)
rack up
verb (tr, adverb)
to accumulate (points)
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
British Dictionary definitions for rack up (2 of 7)
rack
1
/ (ræk) /
noun
verb (tr)
See also
rack up
Derived forms of rack
racker, nounWord Origin for rack
C14
rekke, probably from Middle Dutch
rec framework; related to Old High German
recchen to stretch, Old Norse
rekja to spread out
undefined rack
See
wrack 1
British Dictionary definitions for rack up (3 of 7)
rack
2
/ (ræk) /
noun
destruction; wreck (obsolete except in the phrase go to rack and ruin)
Word Origin for rack
C16: variant of
wrack
1
British Dictionary definitions for rack up (4 of 7)
rack
3
/ (ræk) /
noun
another word for single-foot, a gait of the horse
Word Origin for rack
C16: perhaps based on
rock ²
British Dictionary definitions for rack up (5 of 7)
rack
4
/ (ræk) /
noun
a group of broken clouds moving in the wind
verb
(intr)
(of clouds) to be blown along by the wind
Word Origin for rack
Old English
wrǣc what is driven; related to Gothic
wraks persecutor, Swedish
vrak wreckage
British Dictionary definitions for rack up (6 of 7)
rack
5
/ (ræk) /
verb (tr)
to clear (wine, beer, etc) as by siphoning it off from the dregs
to fill a container with (beer, wine, etc)
Word Origin for rack
C15: from Old Provençal
arraca, from
raca dregs of grapes after pressing
British Dictionary definitions for rack up (7 of 7)
rack
6
/ (ræk) /
noun
the neck or rib section of mutton, pork, or veal
Word Origin for rack
Old English
hrace; related to Old High German
rahho, Danish
harke, Swedish
harkla to clear one's throat
Idioms and Phrases with rack up (1 of 2)
rack up
Accumulate or score, as in Last night's episode of that new sitcom racked up at least fifteen points in the ratings. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
Idioms and Phrases with rack up (2 of 2)
rack