noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which an engine is revved. countable, uncountable

   "[…] 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. 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. Internet, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of rev form-of, gerund, participle, present
2. 2
   present participle and gerund of revv form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

accelerateerevhastenhurry upput onquicken

Example

More examples

"These crank shafts are precision balanced for smooth high revving engines."

Related phrases

web page

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