Definition of rage-quit in English:
rage-quit
verbrage-quitted, rage-quits
[no object]US informal Angrily abandon an activity or pursuit that has become frustrating, especially the playing of a video game.
I tried to play it two different times and wound up rage-quitting both times
we almost rage-quit while trying to get a couple of sandwiches and a pasta salad
with object I just about rage-quit that Metro game
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd rage-quit this show if I didn't have a professional obligation to watch the entire episode.
- Then he hit the fence in front of us and decided to rage-quit the race and ran into the side of my car going into the pit lane.
- These games can be hard on initial playthroughs but they're so well-designed that it's really tough to rage-quit at them.
- But nothing is more stressful than the time limit options, and you will find yourself on the brink of rage-quitting from the stress.
- I rage-quit once and chucked the gamepad to the ground twice, and that was relatively early in the game.
- While I'm right there with the player that rage-quits a session with this game, I'll also be the first to defend it.
- But there's one thing guaranteed to make me rage-quit my browser and go looking for cute kitty pictures instead.
- The more people rage-quit, the better chance I have at winning the race.
- I think they're going to basically rage-quit computing.
- Though I did find myself rage-quitting a suspiciously high number of times, I still enjoyed Fish Bowl Roll for the most part.
Derivatives
noun
US informal Poor losers, unlike rage quitters, stay around after the final score, but in the end, you wish they hadn't.
Example sentencesExamples
- Facing defeat, and unwilling to accept it, rage quitters simply can't bring themselves to admit they can be beaten, and by no means will they allow you to gain a solid win.
- While these issues aren't insurmountable, they will probably still inspire a legion of rage quitters.
- I find it unbelievable that some games still don't punish rage quitters properly.
- I'm not much of a rage quitter, or a quitter at all really.