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
[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
Saying you have rizz is such an unattractive thing to say unironically while flirting … @ArtsyVRC, on X, formerly Twitter

rizz

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verb

rizzed; rizzing; rizzes

transitive verb

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 X, formerly Twitter
usually used with up
… the boys are attempting to rizz up nearby hotties. Eva Kottou

Examples of rizz in a Sentence

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Noun
Celebrities buying into scruffy teams became something of a headline when Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds acquired the lower-tier Welsh football team in Wrexham and proceeded to bring some rizz to it; their moves of course also became the subject of the FX show Welcome to Wrexham. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

perhaps short for charisma

Verb

derivative of rizz entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

2021, in the meaning defined above

Verb

2021, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rizz was in 2021

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“Rizz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rizz. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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