What (who) is rev - definition
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REV; R E V; R. E. V.; R.E.V.; Rév; Rev (disambiguation); Revs; Rev (album)
rev
(revs, revving, revved)
1.
When the engine of a vehicle revs, or when you rev it, the engine speed is increased as the accelerator is pressed.
The engine started, revved and the car jerked away down the hill...
The old bus was revving its engine, ready to start the journey back towards Madrid.
VERB: V, V n
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...drivers revving up their engines.
...the sound of a car revving up.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P
2.
If you talk about the revs of an engine, you are referring to its speed, which is measured in revolutions per minute.
The engine delivers instant acceleration whatever the revs.
N-PLURAL
rev
A person with a dark tan.
Yo, check out that rev over there.
Yo, check out that rev over there.
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Pronunciation examples for rev
1. rev up, take the 466,
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2. REV. JOSEPH ELLWANGER: Well, 1958
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3. questions that D-Rev asks--
D-Rev's ReMotion Knee _ Krista Donaldson _ Talks at Google
4. at D-Rev ask ourselves.
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5. in your body called REV-ERB-α.
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Examples of use of rev
1. "Nuclear weapons are a direct denial of the Christian concept of peace and reconciliation, which are social and economic as well as physical and spiritual." Signatories included the Rt Rev Colin Bennetts, Bishop of Coventry; the Rt Rev Michael Hill, Bishop of Bristol; the Rt Rev John Saxbee, Bishop of Lincoln; the Rt Rev Timothy Stevens, Bishop of Leicester; the Rt Rev Jack Nicholls, Bishop of Sheffield, and the Rt Rev Dr David James, Bishop of Bradford.
2. The candidate herself, meanwhile, praised the Rev.
3. The Christian Coalition‘s new president, the Rev.
4. They include the Right Rev Graham James, the Bishop of Norwich; the Right Rev Mark Santer, the former Bishop of Birmingham; and the Right Rev Tim Stevens, the Bishop of Leicester.
5. Barack Obama‘s controversial former pastor, the Rev.