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Definition of 'rut'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
Verb
to be in the annual rut
to have sexual intercourse
To mount or cover during copulation.
- (Dryden)
Etymology 2
16th century. Probably from (etyl) route ‘road’
Noun
( en-noun)
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
A dull routine
- Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut .
Verb
(rutt)
To make a furrow
Similar to 'rut'rat, rot, root, ret, riot, rout, reit, ryot, rt, rit, reet, rowt
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