Rev

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A revolution, as of a motor.
  • v. To increase the speed of (a motor, for example): revved the engine.
  • v. To accelerate or increase: orders to rev up factory output.
  • v. To make livelier or more productive: revving ourselves up for the game; efforts to rev the economy.
  • verb-intransitive. To operate at an increased speed: heard the motors revving.
  • verb-intransitive. To accelerate in quantity or activity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. revolution
  • abbreviation. reverend
  • v. To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
  • Word Usage
    "I submit the debate which the opposition to rev = canonical are having over rel = short* as evidence that @rev is required."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    increase    rate   
    Variant
    revved    revving   
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