revving
verbnouncommon in dialogue
The act by which an engine is revved.
verb
- 1
Also a form of revpresent participle and gerund of rev
- 2
Also a form of revvpresent participle and gerund of revv
noun
- 1
The act by which an engine is revved.
[…] we finally arrived in El Obeid […] after doing the last sixty miles in third gear, with frequent revvings in neutral to keep the engine going.
- 2
A technique for reducing web page loading times by assigning far-future expiration dates to the resources on the page (so that the browser caches them indefinitely) and, if changes are needed, using different filenames for those resources.
Forms
- plural
- revvings
revolutionary · Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to,…Revolutionary · Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12.revolver · A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to…
revving · The act by which an engine is revved.
reward · Something of value given in return for an act.rewarding · Giving or resulting in reward or satisfaction.rewind · To wind (something) again.