rev

Other forms of rev

plural

revs·

past tense or participle

revved

present participle

revving

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rev

What does rev mean?

rev means "rate of revolution of a motor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rev?

rev has 1 syllable: rev. In IPA it is /ˈɹɛv/.

What is another word for rev?

Close synonyms include revolutions per minute, rpm, rev up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rev a common word?

rev is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.