slang
: romantic appeal or charm
Ultimately, everyone has their own special sort of rizz. Maybe it's a pick-up line (are you from Tennessee?) or the fact that they go to therapy (that's hot).—
Alexis Morillo
Alexis Morillo[Kai] Cenat dubbed his friend Duke the "master" of unspoken rizz when Duke was able to have a woman giggling … with only a hand wave.—Emerald Pellot
Emerald PellotSaying you have rizz is such an unattractive thing to say unironically while flirting …—@ArtsyVRC, on Twitter
@ArtsyVRC, on Twitter
rizzed; rizzing; rizzes
slang
: to charm or seduce
… I think I accidentally rizzed a girl at the mall at some point and now whenever she sees me she tries to be the one to check me out at the cashier …—@kohauro, on Twitter
—usually used with up@kohauro, on Twitter… the boys are attempting to rizz up nearby hotties.—Eva Kottou
Eva Kottou
Examples of rizz in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebVulture, 31 Mar. 2023
Noun
Rizz factor: Uma Thurman studied for years with a rizz master in China.
—Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
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“Rizz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rizz. Accessed 9 Jan. 2024.
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