revnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/rev/us/rev/informala revolution (= one complete turn of a part in an engine):
Keep the revs up (= the engine parts turning quickly) or the engine will stall.
a rev counter
See also
rpm
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Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swim
- swing
- tailspin
- twiddle
- twirly
- wheel
- wheel round
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The engine & engine parts
revverb [ I or T ]
uk/rev/us/rev/-vv-to increase the operating speed of an engine while the vehicle is not moving, usually to warm it to the correct temperature:
The noise of the car engine revving up woke the whole neighbourhood.
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- mph
- pull away
- scorch
- turning circle
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Phrasal verb(s)
rev up (sb/sth)