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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tach up en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌtæk ˈʌp/

Meanings

  1. To rev (up) a car's engine; to accelerate.
    • [...]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. 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage, published 2000, page 55:
    • 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. 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 245:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tachs up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
taching up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tached up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tached up Tense=Past lexicographic