Rez

//ɹɛz// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of reservation or reserve (semiautonomous Indigenous territory). Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

    "2016, Kalina Newmark, Nacole Walker, James Stanford, ‘The rez accent knows no borders’: Native American ethnic identity expressed through English prosody, Cambridge University Press, Published online."

  2. 2
    Clipping of residence; dormitory. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
  3. 3
    Clipping of resonance. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  4. 4
    Clipping of resurrection. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  5. 5
    Clipping of resolution. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Verb
  1. 1
    Clipping of resurrect. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "When you die during the first 3 levels, you rez with food and water."

  2. 2
    To spawn or load into the game.

    "Don't rez some enormous prop: it'll lag the server!"

Synonyms

All synonyms
reservationresreservereserve

Example

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"Good afternoon, Professor Pérez."

Related phrases

go off the rez

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