rev
/ɹɛv/
rev verb: to increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed. Also the clipping of revolution.
Verb
rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)
Noun capitalized: REV
REV (plural REVs)
- Initialism of range-extended vehicle or range extender vehicle
- Acronym of rotary exhaust valve
Proper noun (1) capitalized: REV
REV
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Rev
Rev
- Alternative form of Rev..
Also used as
rev is also the clipping of revolution.
rev is also the clipping of revenue.
rev is also the clipping of reverend.
rev meaning in Telugu, Kannada and Nepali
rev in Telugu
- రెవ్
rev in Kannada
- ರೆವ್ಗೆ, ರೆವ್
rev in Nepali
- रेव गर्न
Examples of rev in a sentence
- 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:
- 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?2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer:
Synonyms of rev
Forms of rev
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | revs |
| present participle | revving |
| past participle | revved |
| past | revved |
| Noun | |
| plural | revs |
| plural | REVs |
Origin of rev
Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm
Abbreviation.
From French REV, from Réseau Express Vélo (“Express Bicycle Lane Network”), from réseau express vélo, from réseau+express+vélo
Words formed from rev
Phrases with rev
Words that rhyme with rev
Questions about rev
- What does rev mean?
- Rev means to increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
- What is rev in Telugu?
- Rev in Telugu is రెవ్. See Rev meaning in Telugu.
- How do you use rev in a sentence?
- Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line.
- What part of speech is rev?
- Rev can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rev?
- Rev is pronounced /ɹɛv/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of rev?
- The past tense of rev is revved.
Words near rev in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rev (page history and authors); REV (page history and authors); Rev (page history and authors); rev (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rev (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rev (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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