rev

See also: Rev, řev, rev., Rev., and rèv

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɛv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛv

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Verb

rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)

  1. To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
    He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
    You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
    • 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer‎:
      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?
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of revolution

Noun

rev (plural revs)

  1. revolution

Etymology 3

Noun

rev (plural revs)

  1. Abbreviation of reverend.

Anagrams

Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾɛv/

Noun

rev f

  1. run
  2. escape

Derived terms

  • revandin
  • revandî
  • reviyayî
  • revî
  • revîn
  • revîner
  • revînok
  • revok
  • revokî

Norwegian Bokmål

rev (1)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.

Noun

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural rever, definite plural revene)

  1. a fox (also used figuratively)
  2. (slang) marijuana

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif

Noun

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva or revene)

  1. a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
  2. a reef (nautical) (in a sail)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Verb

rev

  1. imperative of reve
  2. simple past of rive

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːʋ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.

Noun

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural revar, definite plural revane)

  1. a fox (also used figuratively)
    • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:
      Dan fatige fangar Reven; dan rike fær Skinnet.
      The poor man catches the fox; the rich man gets its hide.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif

Noun

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva)

  1. a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
  2. a reef (nautical) (in a sail)
Derived terms

References

Swedish

Noun

rev c, n

  1. a fishing line c
  2. a reef; rocks close to the water surface. n

Declension

Declension of rev 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rev reven revar revarna
Genitive revs revens revars revarnas
Declension of rev 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rev revet rev reven
Genitive revs revets revs revens

Derived terms

Verb

rev

  1. past tense of riva.
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