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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Verb

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

1. 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 and Lou Gramm, "Rev on the Red Line" from Head Games:

     Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line.

Derived terms

• overrev
• revvy
• rev counter

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of revolution

Noun

rev (plural revs)

1. revolution

Etymology 3

Noun

rev (plural revs)

1. Abbreviation of reverend.

Anagrams

• ERV, VRE, ev'r, ver, ver.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribj? (“rib”), cognate with English rib, German Rippe, Dutch rib (English reef, German Riff, Dutch rif come from Old Norse). Doublet of ribbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rev/, [??æw]

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• koralrev
• stenrev

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??v/, [??æ?w], [??æw?]
• Homophone: ræv

Verb

rev

1. past participle common of rive

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Noun

rev f

1. run
2. escape

Derived terms

• revandin
• revandî
• reviyayî
• revî
• revîn
• revîner
• revînok
• revok
• revokî

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• revebjelle
• rødrev

Etymology 2

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

• barriererev
• korallrev

Related terms

• reve (verb)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• (of rive) reiv

Verb

rev

1. imperative of reve
2. simple past of rive

References

• “rev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??/

Etymology 1

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

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.

Derived terms

• fjellrev
• raudrev
• revebjølle

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif

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

• barriererev
• korallrev

References

• “rev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rev c

1. a fishing line

Declension

References

• rev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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.

Declension

Derived terms

• korallrev
• metrev

References

• rev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

rev

1. past tense of riva.

English

Etymology

New Zealand slang sense: from characters named Trev in a television comedy of the 1970s. See Fred Dagg.

Pronunciation

Noun

trev (plural trevs)

1. (New Zealand, slang) A farm assistant or other rural worker; an ordinary country bloke.
2. (Britain, slang) An urban lower-class youth.

Synonyms

• (urban lower-class youth): chav

Anagrams

• 'vert, Tver, vert

Welsh

Noun

trev

1. Obsolete spelling of tref

Westrobothnian

Noun

trev n (definite treve)

1. comfort

   hån häd i bra trev

   It was pleasant around him.