rev

[US]/rev/
[UK]/rɛv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the rotation of an engine
vt. to accelerate; to increase
vi. [slang] to increase speed; to grow
Word Forms
Pluralrevs
Third Person Singularrevs
Past Participlerevved
Present Participlerevving
Past Tenserevved

Phrases & Collocations

rev up

reverse

revise

revolt

revitalize

revolutionize

revamp

reverberate

reverence

revenue

Example Sentences

orders to rev up factory output.

the port engine revs rose to a crescendo .

Rev Endocr Metab Disord.

It’s his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.

revving ourselves up for the game; efforts to rev the economy.

The addition of a cosurfactant can improve solubilization in polymeric rever sed micelles.

Real-world Examples

Did you ever consider revving the engine?

Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live

However, used car dealers and mechanics are revving up.

Source: CRI Online November 2021 Collection

You know, high revving car, you want lots of horsepower.

Source: Connection Magazine

Genes involved in motor control were also revved up, as were those that light up the brain's pleasure center.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection May 2015

And you really have to rev yourself up to keep up with them.

Source: VOA Regular Speed July 2016 Collection

Then he revved the engine, and the tires squealed against the wet pavement.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

Sensing weakness in London, Scotland's tourist board has revved up its marketing operation.

Source: The Economist - International

We're fighting the wind too much engine's revving and there's vibration and shake.

Source: Human Planet

There's nothing more annoying than some guy sitting there at the light revving his engine 20 times.

Source: Connection Magazine

He waited till I had stumbled to the front door, and then I heard his engine quietly rev.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

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