Give gas to, as an engine

The answer

REV

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REV answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for REV

Every other clue in this collection answered by REV, most used first.

• Gun the engine - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun, as an engine - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
• Speed (up) - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Race, as an engine - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun, as a motor - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Accelerate, with "up" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Crank (up) - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun a motor - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Prepare to drag - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Gun the motor - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Increase, with "up" - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
• Accelerate - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• MLK's title - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Go "vroom vroom" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun an engine - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Clerical abbreviation - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Race the engine - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• Gun in the garage - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• Accelerate sharply - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Excite, with "up" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Fire (up) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Fire up, as an engine - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Title for MLK - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ up (accelerate) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Amp (up) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Hit the accelerator - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Pastor, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Pastor's nickname - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Prepare to burn rubber - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Race an engine - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Accelerate, as an engine - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Give some gas - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Minister, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Minister's nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Ministerial nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Part of r.p.m. - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Put the pedal to the metal - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Accelerate, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Cause to go "Vroom!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Give gas to - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Gun at a red light - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Gun in a car - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Gun it in neutral - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Prepare to drag race - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Speed a motor - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• "Give ___ rest!" - ITA, used 153 times
• Give it a go - TRY, used 120 times
• "Give ___ break!" - MEA, used 88 times
• Give ___ whirl - ITA, used 71 times
• Give in to gravity - SAG, used 70 times
• Engine part - CAM, used 67 times

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