rev

(rĕv) Informal

A revolution, as of a motor.

v. revved, rev·ving, revs

v.tr.

a. To increase the speed of (a motor, for example): revved the engine.

b. To accelerate or increase: orders to rev up factory output.

2. To make livelier or more productive: revving ourselves up for the game; efforts to rev the economy.

v.intr.

1. To operate at an increased speed: heard the motors revving.

2. To accelerate in quantity or activity.

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revs

(rɛvz)

pl n

(Automotive Engineering) the revs engine speed, measured in revolutions per minute

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Translations

دَوْرَة السَّيّارَه

otáčky

omdrejningstal

Umdrehung

fordulatszám

snúningshraîi vélar

omdreininger

otáčky

devir

转速

rev

(rev) – past tense, past participle revved – (often rev up) verb

to increase the speed of revolution of (a car engine etc). He revved the engine (up); He was revving up in the yard.

revs noun plural

revolutions (of a car engine etc). thirty revs a second.

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