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stacking up

stacking up is the present participle and gerund of stack up.

Meaning of stack up

Verb

stack up (third-person singular simple present stacks up, present participle stacking up, simple past and past participle stacked up)

  1. (transitive) to put into a stack.
    • Stack up the boxes.
    Synonyms:
    heap up
  2. (intransitive) to pile up; to accumulate.
    Synonyms:
    pile up, stack, add up, accrue
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To put a group of abstract things together.
    • to stack up memories
  4. Often followed by against or among: to compare with (something); to measure up.
    • "How Populations Stack Up Among Nations At War" (name of the article)1939, Milwaukee Journal, issue of 7th September, page 3

Questions about stacking up

What is stacking up the present participle and gerund of?
Stacking up is the present participle and gerund of stack up.

Words near stacking up in the dictionary

  1. stackies
  2. stacking
  3. stacking it
  4. stacking off
  5. stacking the deck
  6. stacking up
  7. stacking z's
  8. stackings
  9. stackless
  10. stacklessness
  11. Stackpole

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