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▪ I. rev, n.2|rɛv|
Also rev. (with point).
Abbrev. of revolution n. 4 c.
1901Catal. Mech. Engin. Coll. (Victoria & Albert Mus.) I. 35 The example has 3 in. cylinders, with 4 in. stroke, and is intended to run at 300 revs. per min. 1918Chambers's Jrnl. May 301/1 The revs dropped off. 1932S. C. H. Davis Motor Racing vi. 87 The car went well, held its revs. with something in hand. 1942Tee Emm (Air Ministry) II. 87 The revs. of the engine..can be controlled by the pilot in one of two ways. 1966R. Maxwell in T. Wisdom High-Performance Driving v. 44, I stayed in each gear to maximum revs for best acceleration on the short, so-called straights. 1969Listener 22 May 734/1, I admit to having enjoyed recently Kagel's Improvisation Ajoutée for organ..at 45 r.p.m. In retrospect I am convinced that those extra 112/3 revs per minute tightened up the form of this fascinating work to a slight but ideal degree. 1972Daily Tel. 25 Feb. 2/7 As I got round the bend onto the main road I felt the revs begin to build up. When this happened I changed up a gear.
2. Comb. rev-counter (and varr.), † rev-meter, an instrument that measures and displays the rate of rotation, esp. of an engine, or the number of rotations.
1917Blackw. Mag. May 803/2 The rev.-counter showed that the number of revolutions per minute had fallen off appreciably. 1948M. Laski Tory Heaven iv. 58 The car..had a searchlight and a wireless mast and outside gears and a rev counter. 1967E. Chambers Photolitho-Offset viii. 103 It is possible to compute mathematically the required settings which are..mechanically applied in different ways. For example,..by using a rev-counter and vernier dials attached and synchronised with the movements of the lens board and copyboard carriages. 1976Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 19/5 The speedometer and rev. counter are..right in front of the driver.
1917E. C. Middleton Way of Air vii. 49 The pilot is able to distinguish his instruments..the altimeter, which records the height, ‘revmeter’ which indicates the speed of the engine and the compass.
▪ II. rev, v.|rɛv|
Pa. tense revved, pres. pple. revving.
[f. the n.]
1. trans. To cause (an internal-combustion engine) to run quickly, esp. before bringing it into use; to speed up. Freq. absol. Also fig.
1920Blackw. Mag. Oct. 449/1 A British Fighter whose pilot was revving up his 250-horse-power Rolls Royce Falcon. 1922Joyce Ulysses 420 O get, rev on a gradient one in nine. 1934[see idle v. 4 a]. 1942Sat. Even. Post 5 Sept. 22/1 Jimmy revved up and the engine burst into a deep-throated roar. 1944A. Thirkell Headmistress i. 28 ‘Rev. her up, Copper.’ The ginger-haired bicyclist..roared away up the street. 1956Sun (Baltimore) 24 Apr. 21/1 Bill Hartack revved up his already torrid riding pace here today by winning four races out of seven tries to push his total victory for the year to 94. 1966J. Betjeman High & Low 50 Loving relations Rev in the car park, changing gear at the bend. 1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 31 Mar. (1970) 644 Lyndon came in with that jaunty step that I've seen him rev up under the most intense tension. 1973A. Hunter Gently French iii. 23 The mech gently revved it, bringing in the supercharger. 1977Time 13 June 47/2 He and a cousin revved up the company, branched into trucking and started hauling coal. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp xii. 234 He revved his engine as if he were clearing his throat.
2. intr. Of an internal-combustion engine: to run (quickly), esp. with the clutch disengaged. Also said of the vehicle. Freq. with up.
1923Daily Mail 9 Mar. 12 This little engine..cheats the taxation authorities by its long stroke and its capacity for ‘revving’ fast without vibration. 1930Times 29 Mar. 17/6 (Advt.), The oil..is specially refined for the fast-revving engines of to-day. 1951‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids i. 9 The released cross-traffic would rev. and roar as it started up the incline. 1955G. Greene Quiet American ii. ii. 111 All round me I could hear the cars of the soldiers and the diplomats revving up: the party was over for another year. 1960J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells vii. 73 There's a Frazer–Nash. Gosh, what an engine! Did you hear her rev? 1965Motor 17 July 8/1 The Anglia revs faster at any given speed in top. 1973J. Pattinson Search Warrant vi. 90 He heard a motor engine revving up, dying away, revving again.
Hence ˈrevved-up a. (in quots., fig.); ˈrevving ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1931E. M. Brent-Dyer Chalet School & Jo xxi. 261 I'm so revved up,..I simply can't rest. Please, may I go for a walk instead? 1972J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic vi. 107 My mind seemed revved up to operate at twice its normal pace. 1976J. Carroll Madonna Red v. (1977) 174 The rush of his revved-up thinking. 1978M. Harrison in Islands (N.Z.) Aug. 86, I didn't dream of standing by the revving plane, the wires of the fences caught the whisper of the landing-lights. 1979K. Conlon Move in Game iii. 32 The man who drove his scarlet MG with much revving of the engine.
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