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revving

revving is the present participle and gerund of rev.

revving is the present participle and gerund of revv.

Noun

revving (countable and uncountable, plural revvings)

  1. The act by which an engine is revved.
    • […] we finally arrived in El Obeid […] after doing the last sixty miles in third gear, with frequent revvings in neutral to keep the engine going.1954, Anthony Mann, Where God Laughed: The Sudan Today, page 88
  2. (Internet, uncountable) A technique for reducing web page loading times by assigning far-future expiration dates to the resources on the page (so that the browser caches them indefinitely) and, if changes are needed, using different filenames for those resources.

Meaning of rev

Verb

rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)

  1. (ergative) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
    • He revved the engine in a rather macho style.

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Forms of revving

pluralrevvings

Phrases with revving

Questions about revving

What does revving mean?
Revving means the act by which an engine is revved.
What is revving the present participle and gerund of?
Revving is the present participle and gerund of rev.
What part of speech is revving?
Revving is a noun.
What is the plural of revving?
The plural of revving is revvings.

Words near revving in the dictionary

  1. revved up
  2. revver
  3. revvers
  4. revvier
  5. revviest
  6. revving
  7. revving up
  8. revvings
  9. revvs
  10. revvy
  11. revying

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