Definitions for Rusty

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Rusty rust·y

Spelling: [ruhs-tee]

IPA: /ˈrʌs ti/

Rusty is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in Rusty (rstuy).

Definitions for Rusty

noun

1. a male or female given name.

adjective

1. covered with or affected by rust.
2. consisting of or produced by rust.
3. of or tending toward the color rust; rust-colored.
4. faded or shabby; impaired by time or wear, as clothes or drapery.
5. impaired through disuse or neglect:
6. having lost agility or alertness; out of practice:
7. (of a sound) grating or harsh.
8. restive; stubborn:
9. Chiefly Dialect. ill-tempered; cross.

Origin of Rusty

before 900; Middle English rusti, Old English rūstig; see rust, -y¹

Examples for Rusty

His cause, like a rusty old jalopy, is falling apart before he turned the key.

The door had not been opened in a number of years, and the hinges were rusty.

But, still, week after week, Addison lived in a Dili hostel waiting for the rusty wheels of Timorese justice to set her free.

Across the world, a rusty World War II fort floats off the English coast.

A few seconds more and he heard the creaking of rusty hinges.

If there are yellow streaks in the lean of the bacon, it is rusty, and unfit to eat.

“The chemical aspect of Spice is unique and new,” rusty Payne, spokesperson for the DEA tells me.

Moreover, the coach suited the day: the rusty was in harmony with the dismal.

rusty and squeaky, in need of maintenance and oil, the tank had not lost its destructive skills.

But Mr Verloc was not in the least conscious of having got rusty.