"revving" meaning in English

See revving in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: revvings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} revving (countable and uncountable, plural revvings)
  1. The act by which an engine is revved. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-revving-en-noun-F05i9PaQ
  2. (Internet, uncountable) 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. Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-revving-en-noun-pXHhUrlE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 87 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 82 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 85 5 5

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} revving
  1. present participle and gerund of rev Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: rev
    Sense id: en-revving-en-verb-KI0-ssqj
  2. present participle and gerund of revv Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: revv
    Sense id: en-revving-en-verb-uXLlB0IE

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1954, Anthony Mann, Where God Laughed: The Sudan Today, page 88:",
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