derust

verb

1. (transitive)To remove rust from (something).

   “I'm going to derust the car this weekend.”

2. (intransitive, slang)To regain one's skills at a game after not having played for a while; to reverse the process of rusting.

   “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.”

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

   “Watched this one live, he randomly got it less than an hour into the stream while derusting for PACE. He's just him.”

   “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”

noun

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.”