rut
1[ ruht ]
/ rʌt /
noun
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
any furrow, groove, etc.
a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising: to fall into a rut.
verb (used with object), rut·ted, rut·ting.
to make a rut or ruts in; furrow.
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Origin of rut
1First recorded in 1570–80; perhaps variant of route
Words nearby rut
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Definition for rut (2 of 2)
rut2
[ ruht ]
/ rʌt /
noun
the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
verb (used without object), rut·ted, rut·ting.
to be in the condition of rut.
Origin of rut
21375–1425; late Middle English rutte < Middle French rut, ruit < Late Latin rugītus a roaring, equivalent to Latin rugī(re) to roar + -tus suffix of v. action
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British Dictionary definitions for rut (1 of 2)
rut1
/ (rʌt) /
noun
a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels
any deep mark, hole, or groove
a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc; dreary or undeviating routine (esp in the phrase in a rut)
verb ruts, rutting or rutted
(tr) to make a rut or ruts in
Word Origin for rut
C16: probably from French route road
British Dictionary definitions for rut (2 of 2)
rut2
/ (rʌt) /
noun
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
verb ruts, rutting or rutted
(intr) (of male ruminants) to be in a period of sexual excitement and activity
Word Origin for rut
C15: from Old French rut noise, roar, from Latin rugītus, from rugīre to roar
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Idioms and Phrases with rut
rut
see in a rut.
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