derust

present singular third person derusts · participle present derusting · participle past derusted · past derusted

1. transitiveTo remove rust from (something).

   I'm going to derust the car this weekend.

2. intransitiveslangvideo gamesTo regain one's skills at a game after not having played for a while; to reverse the process of rusting.

   It's imperative we get 2 closed door matches under our belt in Qatar so we can derust in November.

   2022 September 23, u/jamesey10, “Post Match Thread: MNT”, in Reddit, r/ussoccer, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023

   3 more examples

   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.

   2020 August 25, u/Ephemeralis, “Poised(from circle people) on why he cheated.”, in Reddit, r/osugame, archived from the original on 23 Dec 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 25, u/baggypantsman, “Super Mario 64 - 0 Star in 6:16 by Suigi”, in Reddit, r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 Dec 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

   2023 October 30, u/alphcadoesreddit, “Worth grinding ranked at this point of the act?”, in Reddit, r/VALORANT, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023

plural derusts

1. An instance of derusting (in either sense).

   Wrench Only wasn't too bad of a derust, since I was already really experienced with the category.

   2022 July 4, u/xemmypoo, “I ran Ratchet 2 Wrench Only at SGDQ, AMA”, in Reddit, r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023