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rutty

American  
[ruht-ee] / ˈrʌt i /

adjective

ruttier, ruttiest
  1. full of or abounding in ruts, as a road.


rutty British  
/ ˈrʌtɪ /

adjective

  1. full of ruts or holes

    a rutty track

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of rutty

First recorded in 1590–1600; rut 1 + -y 1

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The tests are meant to simulate real world scenarios — from hurtling toward a target to being carted in an Air Force truck over a long, rutty road.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

To avoid turning an ankle on a rutty path, he told her to use the team’s facilities.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021

The fact was that President Kennedy had run into some rutty political detours.

From Time Magazine Archive

Photo: Joe CermeleIf I know that a beach is soft and rutty, I usually run in low-range four-wheel-drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rutty road had not changed except that the ruts were deeper and the round stones stuck up higher.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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