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Definition of rev verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

rev

verb

NAmE//rɛv//

[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rev

he / she / it revs

past simple revved

-ing form revving

rev (something) (up) when you rev an engine or it revs, it runs quickly The taxi driver revved up his engine. I could hear the car revving outside.

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