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rev en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɛv/ (UK)

Etymology

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Meanings

1. (ergative) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
   • Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line. 1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:
   • You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
   • He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
   • It is impossible to see inside the mind of a killer. What was he thinking, the young man who sat at the wheel of the white van at the top of Las Ramblas and purposefully revved the engine? What warped ideology, what distorted belief system, what bitter life experience had brought him to this fateful tipping point? 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer:

Forms

Deriveds

revvable · overrev · rev up · revver

Translations (22)

nb ruse (to increase the speed of a motor) · hu nekinyomja (to increase the speed of a motor) · nl optrekken (to increase the speed of a motor) · es acelerar (to increase the speed of a motor) · ru газовать (to increase the speed of a motor) · sv varva (to increase the speed of a motor) · fi lisätä kierroksia (to increase the speed of a motor) · da gasse op (to increase the speed of a motor) · hu kakaót ad (to increase the speed of a motor) · hu megnyomja (to increase the speed of a motor) · hu gázfröccsöt ad (to increase the speed of a motor) · de hochdrehen (to increase the speed of a motor) · hu gázt ad (to increase the speed of a motor) · bg форсирам (to increase the speed of a motor) · fr faire tourner à plein régime (to increase the speed of a motor) · bg давам газ (to increase the speed of a motor) · pt acelerar (to increase the speed of a motor) · de aufheulen lassen (to increase the speed of a motor) · fr faire monter le régime de (to increase the speed of a motor) · de auf Touren bringen (to increase the speed of a motor) · fi revittää (to increase the speed of a motor) · hu gyorsít (to increase the speed of a motor)

rev en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɛv/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of revolution (of something spinning).
   alt of revolution
   • He pushed the revs up and up, hurrying the car to eighty then to ninety, his huge Marchal headlights boring a safe white tunnel, nearly half a mile long, between the walls of the night. 1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Hare and Grey Hound”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 104:
   • Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again! 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 175:

Forms

Deriveds

rev counter · revhead · panic rev · revvy

rev en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɛv/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable) Clipping of revenue
   alt of revenue
   • ad rev

rev en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɛv/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of reverend
   alt of reverend

Forms

Relateds

nonrev (other terms containing the word "rev", not derived from previous entries) · rev st st (other terms containing the word "rev", not derived from previous entries)