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revving

n. The act by which an engine is revved. vb. (present participle of rev English)

WordNet
rev
  1. n. rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" [syn: revolutions per minute, rpm]

  2. [also: revving, revved]

rev
  1. v. increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine" [syn: rev up]

  2. [also: revving, revved]

revving

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Usage examples of "revving".

With the engine quietly muttering, she suddenly heard another motorcycle revving, loudly, to the south.

He was revving the engine of the stolen station wagon, and the instant Victor and the Packard reached the street he shot away from the curb and dashed away down the street.

The hammering inside his chest felt like the pistons of a sports car, revving up to the red, demanding more oxygen from his lungs.

Totally oblivious to the agents moving back and forth around the Reflecting Pool, and the sounds of several cars revving up their engines nearby, Harrison Beckett grew dizzy, disoriented, unable to move, his jumpsuit shockingly cold, his legs losing sensation.

The flight line was much too public a place for their feelings to be declared, with ground crew all around, engines revving, and pilots in their cockpits, yet their eyes locked.

There was no threat in this voice: it was clearly pitched enough to cut through the noise of the motor Ellen kept revving up.

Brahms I was hearing through the walls, but some loony cycle racer blaring U2, revving up his Ducati.

A gasoline generator rattled from an enclosure out back somewhere, a sound like someone revving a distant motorcycle.