rev
verb/rev/
/rev/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rev | /rev/ /rev/ |
| he / she / it revs | /revz/ /revz/ |
| past simple revved | /revd/ /revd/ |
| past participle revved | /revd/ /revd/ |
| -ing form revving | /ˈrevɪŋ/ /ˈrevɪŋ/ |
- rev (something) (up) when you rev an engine or it revs, it runs quickly
- The taxi driver revved up his engine.
- I could hear the car revving outside.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRev is used with these nouns as the subject:- engine
- engine
- motorcycle
Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of revolution.Definitions on the go
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