rutty

[ruht-ee]

adjective

ruttier, ruttiest 

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

rutty

/ ˈrʌtɪ /

adjective

1. full of ruts or holes

   a rutty track

Other Word Forms

• ruttiness noun
• ruttily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of rutty¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

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The qualifying road is never seamless: inevitable defeat somewhere in a Central American cauldron, almost certain setback in the choking air of Mexico City, rutty fields, dodgy officiating.

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The boys walked down the dark rutty road.

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When a column of five vans came bumping down the rutty road toward the border, they jumped into action, quickly reaching for a rocket-propelled grenade and a machinegun.

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