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overrev

overrev verb: to rev (an engine or vehicle) too much.

Verb

overrev (third-person singular simple present overrevs, present participle overrevving, simple past and past participle overrevved)

  1. (transitive) To rev (an engine or vehicle) too much.

Forms of overrev

third-person singular presentoverrevs
present participleoverrevving
past participleoverrevved
pastoverrevved

Origin of overrev

From over- + rev.

Questions about overrev

What does overrev mean?
Overrev means to rev (an engine or vehicle) too much.
What part of speech is overrev?
Overrev is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrev?
The past tense of overrev is overrevved.

Words near overrev in the dictionary

  1. overresuscitated
  2. overresuscitates
  3. overresuscitating
  4. overresuscitation
  5. overretention
  6. overrev
  7. overrevs
  8. overrevved
  9. overrevving
  10. overreward
  11. overrewarded

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