Revving [verb]
Definition of Revving:
begin; put into operation
Synonyms of Revving:
● Appoint
● Come up with
● Organize
● Launch
● Set up
● Create
● Introduce
● Initiate
● Install
● Inaugurate
● Establish
● Enact
● Pioneer
● Invest
● Fix
● Originate
● Ordain
● Bow
● Constitute
● Start
● Settle
● Found
● Open
● Commence
● Induct
● Break in
● Come out with
● Make up
● Rev
● Bring into being
● Open up
● Set in motion
● Usher in
Opposite/Antonyms of Revving:
● Halt
● Close
● Conclude
● Stop
● Finish
● End
● Prevent
● Cease
● Complete
● Ignore
● Unsettle
● Ruin
● Destroy
● Refuse
Sentence/Example of Revving:
His ears were filled with the sound of the revving aircraft engines.
Somewhere down the line a big plane was getting ready to take off, the pilot was checking his magnetos, revving up his engines.
Now the street noises assailed his ears; the grinding of gears, the revving of motors.
It was then that Dave suddenly was conscious of the fact that there were sounds of revving aircraft engines.