rusty

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Marked or corroded by rust.

2. 2

   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;
3. 3

   Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or…

   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.
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   1. 4

      Of clothing, especially dark clothing

      Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.

      • He wore a black jacket, rusty and amorphous.
      • The clerk stared at him and the rusty black bonnet a moment, and then laughed.
   2. 5

      Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.

   3. 6

      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
   4. 7

      Discolored and rancid

      Discolored and rancid; reasty.

      • rusty bacon
   5. 8

      A male given name.

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