Sekirov Dictionary

rusty

/ˈɹʌsti/

adjective 7
noun 1
forms 4

adjective7

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(of iron or steel) partly eaten away and turned reddish brown by water and air
- The overall mood of this volume is one of melancholy and loss, weary resignation to one's lot—trudging round and round on the rusty hamster wheel of life. — 2002
•
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
- Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements. — 2010
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Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
- Alive? he might be dead for aught I know, / With that red gaunt and colloped neck a-strain, / And shut eyes underneath the rusty mane — 1855
•
Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
- He wore a black jacket, rusty and amorphous. — 1911
Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Discolored and rancid; reasty.
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(dialect, UK) Cantankerous
- But they paraded the street, and watched the yard till dusk, when its proprietor ran rusty and turned them out. — 1864

noun1

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(slang) A gun or in particular an old or worn one.
- My angles dusty, two black hands on the rusty And I got uck from a peng ting, mad back but the chest busty — 2014

forms

more rusty · rustier · most rusty · rustiest

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