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

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Verb

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

  1. (ergative) 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:
      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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Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

rev (plural revs)

  1. Clipping of 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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Etymology 3

Noun

rev (uncountable)

  1. Clipping of revenue
    ad rev

Etymology 4

Noun

rev (plural revs)

  1. Clipping of reverend

See also

other terms containing the word "rev", not derived from previous entries

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Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish ruif, from Proto-Brythonic *rruɨβ̃, from Latin rēmus. Cognate with Breton roeñv and Welsh rhwyf. Doublet of reuv (“shovel”).

Noun

rev f (plural revow)

  1. oar
Derived terms
  • rev dhewbennek (“paddle”)
  • revya (“paddle, row”, verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rev

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of revya
  2. second-person singular imperative of revya
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Danish

Etymology 1

From 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

Noun

rev n (singular definite revet, plural indefinite rev)

  1. reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
  2. (obsolete) rib (one of the long curved bones in the chest)
    Synonym: ribben
  3. (obsolete) rib (piece of meat cut from the back of the ox)
    Synonym: højreb
Declension
More information neuter gender, singular ...
Derived terms
  • koralrev
  • stenrev

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

rev

  1. past participle common of rive

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

rev f

  1. run
  2. escape

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛːv/
  • Hyphenation: rèv

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.
  2. (slang) a marijuana joint
    å fyre opp ein rev
    to light a joint
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse rif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːv/
  • Hyphenation: rév

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

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Slovak

Etymology

Deverbal from revať (“to roar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rev m inan

  1. roar

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • “rev”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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Swedish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːv/
  • Rhymes: -eːv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse reifa, from Proto-Germanic *raibōną. Compare Old English ārāfian (“uncoil; wind off”), Faroese reiva (“swaddle”).

Noun

rev c

  1. a fishing line
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif. Compare Danish rev, Middle Low German rif, German Riff.

Noun

rev n

  1. a reef; rocks close to the water surface.
  2. a rib; a cross-running bone in your upper thorax
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
Derived terms

References

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rev

  1. past indicative of riva

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