derust
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[edit]derust (third-person singular simple present derusts, present participle derusting, simple past and past participle derusted)
- (transitive) To remove rust from (something).
- I'm going to derust the car this weekend.
- (intransitive, chiefly video games, slang) To regain one's skills at a game after not having played for a while; to reverse the process of rusting.
- 2020 August 25, u/Ephemeralis, “Poised(from circle people) on why he cheated.”, in Reddit[1], r/osugame, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:
- I don't understand explanations like these. He wanted to 'derust' by having something help play the game for him? That's not derusting, that's straight up sticking your dick into a bucket full of iron filings left out in the rain for three weeks.
- 2022 September 23, u/jamesey10, “Post Match Thread: MNT”, in Reddit[2], r/ussoccer, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:
- It's imperative we get 2 closed door matches under our belt in Qatar so we can derust in November.
- 2023 October 25, u/baggypantsman, “Super Mario 64 - 0 Star in 6:16 by Suigi”, in Reddit[3], r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:
- Watched this one live, he randomly got it less than an hour into the stream while derusting for PACE. He's just him.
- 2023 October 30, u/alphcadoesreddit, “Worth grinding ranked at this point of the act?”, in Reddit[4], r/VALORANT, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:
- The act ends in 2 days, unless you want to derust or improve at the game probably better to wait if you want to grind rank
Translations
[edit]to remove rust from something
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Noun
[edit]derust (plural derusts)
- An instance of derusting (in either sense).
- 2022 July 4, u/xemmypoo, “I ran Ratchet 2 Wrench Only at SGDQ, AMA”, in Reddit[5], r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:
- Wrench Only wasn't too bad of a derust, since I was already really experienced with the category.