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rev

/ɹɛv/noun, verb1 syllable

Rev means: rate of revolution of a motor.

Synonyms for rev3

noun, as in rate of revolution of a motor

revolutions per minute, rpm

verb, as in increase the number of rotations per minute

rev up

What does rev mean?2

noun

1

rate of revolution of a motor“the engine was doing 6000 revs”

verb

1

increase the number of rotations per minute“rev up an engine”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rev?4

one syllable

devevlev

two syllables

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Rev in a sentence

  • Exercise may help rev up your sex drive.fekundulo
  • Rev. King fell backwards, shot in the neck.Zifre
  • About dinner time, Rev. King was on the balcony outside his room.Zifre
  • Rev. King led protests and demonstrations all over the country during the next few years.Zifre
  • Rev. King and his supporters were threatened.Zifre
  • Rev. King's house was destroyed by a bomb. But still, the buses went on empty.unknown
  • Jack and Peggy were married by the Rev. John Smith.CN
  • Everything Rev. Martin Luther King had worked so hard for seemed lost.Zifre

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Forms of rev

as a noun

plural
revs

as a verb

past tense
revved
present participle
revving
third-person singular
revs
past participle
revved