revving

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Definitions

verb

To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.“He revved the engine in a rather macho style.”

noun

The act by which an engine is revved.
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.

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Synonyms

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Associated

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