riz
A US dialectal past tense form of 'rise' — used in regional American speech particularly in Appalachian, Southern, and rural Midwestern dialects where older English grammatical patterns survived longer.
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A US dialectal past tense form of 'rise' — used in regional American speech particularly in Appalachian, Southern, and rural Midwestern dialects where older English grammatical patterns survived longer. 'The sun has riz' means the sun has risen; bread dough that has 'riz' has risen properly. While it sounds archaic to standard speakers, it's still genuinely heard in living dialects. Poets and lyricists have also used 'riz' for its rustic, rhythmic charm.
By the time we got up, the bread dough had already riz up over the top of the bowl.
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(US, dialect) ; rose.
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(US, dialect) ; risen.
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- rizz up65%
To flirt with and charm someone — the verb form of rizz. "He rizzed her up at the bar" = he successfully chatted her up. Implies smooth confidence; a failed rizz-up is its own subgenre of self-roasting text messages to the group chat.
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(UK, dialect) To creep, as ivy.
- rizgod62%
Gen Z honorific for someone with elite charisma or pull-game; the absolute boss of rizz.