Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rev

/ɹɛv/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: rev
IPA: /ɹɛv/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.

noun

Clipping of revolution (of something spinning).

noun

Clipping of revenue

Uncountable

noun

Clipping of reverend

name

Alternative form of Rev..

noun

Initialism of range-extended vehicle or range extender vehicle

noun

Acronym of rotary exhaust valve

name

A road network in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for bicycles

Example Sentences

"He revved the engine in a rather macho style."
"You could hear the engines revving from a mile away."
"Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line."
"It is impossible to see inside the mind of a killer. 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? What warped ideology, what distorted belief system, what bitter life experience had brought him to this fateful tipping point?"
"He pushed the revs up and up, hurrying the car to eighty then to ninety, his huge Marchal headlights boring a safe white tunnel, nearly half a mile long, between the walls of the night."
"Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again!"

Etymology

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: REV

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹɛv/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

revs (present, singular) revving (participle, present) revved (participle, past) revved (past) revs (plural)

Derived Forms

overrev revvable revver revhead revvy

Phrases

rev up panic rev rev counter rev st st

Frequently Paired Words

nonrev rev st st

Synonyms

EREV REX REEV revolutions per minute rpm rev up

Rhymes With

dev ev kiev lev bev maeve zev chebyshev kev sev breve

Questions

How do you pronounce rev?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɛv/.
What does rev mean?: To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
Where does rev come from?: It is traced to French.

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