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3 definitions of RUT. Definition of RUT in Military and Government. What does RUT stand for?
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The meaning of RUT is a periodic and often annually recurring state of certain male animals (such as deer or elk) during which behavior associated with the urge to breed is displayed. How to use rut in a sentence.
OED's earliest evidence for rut is from around 1450, in Metrical Paraphrase of Old Testament. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500). rut is formed within English, by conversion.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun rut. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
If you say that someone is in a rut, you disapprove of the fact that they have become fixed in their way of thinking and doing things, and find it difficult to change. You can also say that someone's life or career is in a rut.
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. in rut.
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