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to get rekt

to get rekt

9.9
To lose badly and feel ashamed, especially in a game or online
  • phrasal verb
  • Offensive
translation icon : ser humillado
  • After he lost the match, everyone joked that he really got rekt this time.

Examples

  • The players felt they had been rekt after losing the game by such a large margin.

  • When the opposing team scored the final goal, their chances of winning were completely rekt.

  • hey let's get rekt

    Beware! The Blob (1972)

Synonyms

to shellack
vsto get rekt
  • Informal
3 8.5

To beat someone very badly in a game or match

describes defeat that includes ruin or humiliation, not only a big score
pwn
vsto get rekt
  • Slang
9.9

Being defeated and humiliated, often in games or after hacking

focuses more on being ruined or humiliated in informal gaming
to get your shit pushed in
vsto get rekt
  • Offensive
9.9

To lose very badly in a fight or contest

is casual gaming slang meaning being defeated or humiliated

Antonyms

to win
∞ 1.0

To beat others in a contest or game

to succeed
846 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

How Defeated

annihilated
  • NSFW
7.0
to demolish
8 3.7
to get rekt
  • Offensive
9.9
thrashing
  • Informal
3 5.4
defeated
2.7
to lose
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

get rekt infinitive
got rekt past
got rekt past participle
getting rekt present participle
gets rekt third person singular

Morphology

get + rekt

The verb 'get' combines compositionally with a past-participle-like element, but 'rekt' is an informal/slang respelling of 'wrecked' and not a standard dictionary form. A learner who knows 'get' and recognizes 'rekt' as meaning 'ruined/defeated' can infer the phrase, but the nonstandard spelling and cultural/gaming usage make the relation only partially predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Get rekt comes from the old word wrecked, which meant 'destroyed' or 'ruined'. In online games people say someone gets rekt when their player is badly beaten or embarrassed, creating the image of being smashed. So, get rekt now means 'to be defeated or ruined'.