revvy

comparative more revvy · comparative revvier · superlative most revvy · superlative revviest

1. informalautomotiveEasy to rev up fast.

   It was more revvy in nature, with a slightly peaky delivery when compared to its bigger sibling; maximum power of 144bhp did not arrive until 6,500rpm.

   2013, Robert Foskett, Alfa Romeo 916 GTV and Spider: The Complete Story

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   The Yamaha has a much revvier motor that also pumps out more torque than anything else on two wheels—except the Triumph, of course, which effectively is a two-wheel torque factory.

   2010 Jan, Cycle World Magazine, volume 49, number 1, page 64

1. A male given name.

   Revvy pulled a hunting knife from his back pocket and sliced open the gullet.

   2020 May 26, Patti Callahan Henry, Losing the Moon, Penguin, →ISBN, page 136

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   'Revvy' Carter [...] got his nickname from working in the rectory garden. 'Mrs Revvy would yell ... her temper caused by over-work, close-air, bad teeth, and under nourishment'. Every night Revvy would say 'Up over the timber hill into blanket field', to Ernie in his arms. They always slept with the windows closed; Revvy in bed with Ernie,

   2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs: A History of the Family in 20th Century England, page 47

   "Revvy, I never would have thought that you would be the kind of man who would let your ego get in the way of your serving God."

   2006 03, Dorinda Nusum, The Victory: The Sequel to Sins and Sacrifices, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57

2. A female given name.

   — Revvy, Daughter 13 B[lack] F[emale] Sept 1894

   1900, United States Census, 1900 - Henry County, Virginia, record concerning the Horse Pasture District, ED 46, Henry, Virginia, household 217, sheet 12B, entry for Frank J Read and Mary M Read

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   Lewis, Revvy Mary sister in law f[emale] neg[ro] 20 [years old]

   1940, United States, Census, 1940 - Adams, Mississippi, record concerning Beat 1, Adams, Mississippi, United States (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYLG-7P6), entry for Revvy Mary Lewis