rev

rev
rev1 [ rev ] verb intransitive or transitive
rev or rev up 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:
Armstrong revved the engine and drove off.
,rev `up phrasal verb intransitive or transitive
1. ) same as REV1
2. ) INFORMAL to become or make something become faster, more lively, or more exciting:
The presidential candidates are now revving up their campaigns.
rev
rev 2 [ rev ] noun count usually plural INFORMAL
revolution: a complete circular movement in an engine, used as a unit for measuring the speed of an engine

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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