What does revving mean?
Revving means present participle and gerund of rev.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of rev.
[…] 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.
Use revving when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Revving means present participle and gerund of rev.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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.
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