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rut noun (SEXUALLY ACTIVE PERIOD) [ S ] the period of the year during which particular male animals, especially deer and sheep, are sexually active: During the rut, stags can be seen fighting for females.
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RUT meaning: 1. a deep, narrow mark made in soft ground...
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2 days ago · 1. a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels. 2. any deep mark, hole, or groove. 3. a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc; dreary or undeviating routine (esp in the phrase in a rut ) verb Word forms: ruts, rutting, rutted.
a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females. another name for oestrus. verbruts, rutting or rutted. (intr) (of male ruminants) to be in a period of sexual excitement and activity.
4 days ago · noun. 1. a groove, furrow, or track, esp. one made in the ground by the passage of wheeled vehicles. 2. a fixed, routine course of action, thought, etc., esp. one regarded as monotonous. verb transitive Word forms: ˈrutted or ˈrutting. 3. to make a rut or ruts in.
Definitions of rut. noun. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) see more. verb. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. synonyms: furrow, groove. see more. noun. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape. “they fell into a conversational rut ” synonyms: groove. see more. noun.
early 1600s. The earliest known use of the verb rut is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for rut is from 1607, in the writing of Gervase Markham, author. It is also recorded as a verb from the mid 1500s. rut is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: rut n.2.