rut
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Old French ‘noise, roar, bellowing’, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’
Noun [edit]
rut (plural ruts)
Translations [edit]
sexual desire or oestrus
Verb [edit]
rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)
- (intransitive) to be in the annual rut
- (intransitive) to have sexual intercourse
- (transitive) To mount or cover during copulation.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
Translations [edit]
To be in the annual rut
Etymology 2 [edit]
16th century. Probably from French route ‘road’
Noun [edit]
rut (plural ruts)
- A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
- A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
- A dull routine
- Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.
Translations [edit]
furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground
fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling
Verb [edit]
rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)
- (transitive) To make a furrow
Translations [edit]
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Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ʁyt/
Noun [edit]
rut m (plural ruts)
- rut (sexual excitement)
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Rafsi [edit]
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