English dictionary



Hint: Click 'Bookmark' to add this page to your favorites.

English verb: chalk up

1. chalk up (possession) accumulate as a debt


SamplesHe chalked up $100 in the course of the evening.


Synonymsrun up


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)owe

2. chalk up (communication) keep score, as in games


Synonymstally


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)enter, put down, record


Entailcount, enumerate, number, numerate









Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2025 onlineordbog.dk