revhead

plural revheads

1. AustraliainformalOne who takes part in, or enjoys watching motor racing.

   But your seventeen-year-old revhead son would be blown away if you commented on his rims (never call them alloy wheels).

   2010, Karen Fischer, Healthy Family, Happy Family, page 40

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   Cars are a religion in Perth, which is still a city of revheads with a bigger membership of car clubs than anywhere else in the country, and Claremont was one of the world′s oldest speedway tracks.

   2008, Janet Fife-Yeomans, Heath: A Family's Tale, page 14

   Adelaide′s Crime Stoppers phoneline was pumping: revheads and greenies alike were dobbing in yellow Ford Econovans blowing smoke on the road.

   2010, John Kerr, Hit Men, page 193

   Synonyms: petrolhead