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rev
1[ rev ]
verb (used with object)
- to accelerate sharply the speed of (an engine or the like) (often followed by up ).
verb (used without object)
- (of an engine) to accelerate; become revved (often followed by up ).
verb phrase
- to increase in strength or accelerate sharply:
The economy is beginning to rev up.
rev.
2abbreviation for
- revenue.
- reverse.
- review.
- reviewed.
- revise; revised.
- revision.
- revolution.
- revolving.
Rev.
3abbreviation for
- Bible. Revelation.
- Reverend.
Rev.
1abbreviation for
- Bible Revelation
- Reverend
rev.
2abbreviation for
- revenue
- reverse(d)
- review
- revise(d)
- revision
- revolution
- revolving
rev
3/ ɛ /
noun
- revolution per minute
the engine was doing 5000 revs
verb
- often foll by up to increase the speed of revolution of (an engine)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rev1
Example Sentences
If the main parties are downbeat, Farage is all revved up: arriving on stage at his campaign launch on a tractor.
Most of its featured romantic betrayals and fistfights were real, revved into the red by producers taking advantage of their subject's emotional discombobulation.
“We must focus on revving up a transformed messaging machine for the new political paradigm,” Carville wrote.
“She had some past history of illness, was told not to cross a line, didn’t listen, revved her engine, and continued driving. The barriers stopped her.”
The idea seemed so wild and provocative — siccing U.S. troops on a peaceful neighbor — that Mexican officials figured it was nothing more than Trump bluster aimed at revving up his base.
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