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rev

  [rev] noun, verb, revved, rev⋅ving. Informal.
Use revved in a Sentence
–noun
1. a revolution (in an engine or the like).
–verb (used with object)
2. to accelerate sharply the speed of (an engine or the like) (often fol. by up).
–verb (used without object)
3. (of an engine) to accelerate; become revved (often fol. by up).
—Verb phrase
4. rev up, to increase in strength or accelerate sharply: The economy is beginning to rev up.
Origin:
1900–05; short for revolution
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rev   (rěv)   
n.  A revolution, as of a motor.
v.   revved, rev·ving, revs

v.   tr.

    1. To increase the speed of (a motor, for example): revved the engine.

    2. To accelerate or increase: orders to rev up factory output.

  2. To make livelier or more productive: revving ourselves up for the game; efforts to rev the economy.

v.   intr.

  1. To operate at an increased speed: heard the motors revving.

  2. To accelerate in quantity or activity.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
rev

  1. mod.
    revolting. : Fix you hair! You are so rev!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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revved (up)

  1. mod.
    excited, perhaps by drugs. : The kids were all revved up, ready to party.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rev  (v.)
1916, from earlier noun (1901), shortening of revolution, in reference to the internal combustion engine.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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