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Definition rev in American English

rev verb

[intransitive/transitive] verb
/rev/
1

if you rev an engine, or if it revs, you press the gas pedal with your foot when the vehicle is not moving in order to make the engine operate faster

Example

Armstrong revved the engine and drove off.

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Definition rev in American English