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Is rev a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rev is a Scrabble US word. The word rev is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is rev a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rev is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1E1V4

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3-letter words (1 found)

REV,

2-letter words (2 found)

ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 4 words from rev according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of rev

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Definitions and meaning of rev

rev

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɛv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛv

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.
Derived terms
  • overrev
  • rev up
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of revolution

Noun

rev (plural revs)

  1. revolution (of something spinning)
Derived terms
  • panic rev
  • revvy
  • rev counter

Etymology 3

Noun

rev (plural revs)

  1. Abbreviation of reverend.

See also

Anagrams

  • ERV, VRE, ev'r, ver, ver.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“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/, [ˈʁæw]

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
Declension
Derived terms
  • koralrev
  • stenrev

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːˀv/, [ˈʁæˀw], [ˈʁæwˀ]
  • Homophone: ræv

Verb

rev

  1. past participle common of rive

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛv

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛːv/
  • Hyphenation: rèv

Noun

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural revar, definite plural revane)

  1. a fox (also used figuratively)
Derived terms
  • fjellrev
  • raudrev
  • revebjølle

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːv/
  • Hyphenation: rév

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.

Slovak

Etymology

Deverbal from revať (“to roar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ref]

Noun

rev m inan (genitive singular revu, nominative plural revy, genitive plural revov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. roar

Declension

Further reading

  • “rev”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːv/
  • Rhymes: -eːv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse reifa, from Proto-Germanic *raibōną. Compare Old English ārāfian (“uncoil; wind off”), Faroese reiva (“swaddle”).

Noun

rev c

  1. a fishing line
Declension
Derived terms
  • metrev

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.
  2. a rib; a cross-running bone in your upper thorax
Declension
Derived terms
  • korallrev

References

  • rev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rev

  1. past indicative of riva

References

  • rev in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • rev in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • rev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • rev in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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