rev
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAbbreviation of revolutions, rpm
Verb
editrev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)
- 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.
- 1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:
- Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line.
- 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer[1]:
- 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?
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Etymology 2
editAbbreviation of revolution
Noun
editrev (plural revs)
- revolution (of something spinning)
- 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 175:
- Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again!
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editEtymology 3
editNoun
editrev (plural revs)
- Abbreviation of reverend.
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editDanish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib”), cognate with English rib, German Rippe, Dutch rib (English reef, German Riff, Dutch rif come from Old Norse). Doublet of ribbe.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrev n (singular definite revet, plural indefinite rev)
- reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
- (obsolete) rib (one of the long curved bones in the chest)
- Synonym: ribben
- (obsolete) rib (piece of meat cut from the back of the ox)
- Synonym: højreb
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrev
- past participle common of rive
Northern Kurdish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrev f
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editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.
Noun
editrev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural rever, definite plural revene)
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editEtymology 2
editNoun
editrev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva or revene)
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editRelated terms
edit- reve (verb)
Etymology 3
editAlternative forms
edit- reiv (of rive)
Verb
editrev
- imperative of reve
- simple past of rive
References
edit- “rev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural revar, definite plural revane)
- 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.
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editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “rev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak
editEtymology
editDeverbal from revať (“to roar”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrev m inan
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “rev”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Swedish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse reifa, from Proto-Germanic *raibōną. Compare Old English ārāfian (“uncoil; wind off”), Faroese reiva (“swaddle”).
Noun
editrev c
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Norse rif. Compare Danish rev, Middle Low German rif, German Riff.
Noun
editrev n
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
editEtymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editrev
- past indicative of riva
References
edit- rev in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rev in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rev in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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