revv

revv

English

Verb

revv (third-person singular simple present revvs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)

  1. Dated form of rev (“increase speed of motor”).
    • 1931, Popular Science, volume 119, number 5, page 56:
      The scout's pilot "revvs" up the engine and moves forward to a point amidship.

Noun

revv (plural revvs)

  1. Dated form of rev (“revolution”).
    • 1923, The Pastoral Review, volume 33, number 1, page 47:
      revvs of the engine
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