rut
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɹʌt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /ɹʊt/
- Rhymes: -ʌt
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English rutte (noun) and rutten (verb), from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).
Noun
[edit]rut (plural ruts)
- (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals. [from early 15th c.]
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat.
- 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega?: Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 36:
- Proximity to an omega in heat can sometimes cause alphas go into rut, an aggressive need for sexual intercourse usually triggered by the scent of an omega in heat.
- 2019, Tessa Barone, "Just Go Find Yourself a Nice Alpha: Gender and Consent in Supernatural Fandom's Alpha/Beta/Omega Universe", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 34:
- All the characters in this story pressure Dean to help Castiel through his rut, and clearly consider Dean’s resistance to be immature and an overreaction.
- 2019, Chris van der Vegt, "The Second Genders: Utopia and Dystopia in Stranger Things Omegaverse Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Utrecht University, page 23:
- Early in Wicked Game, Steve goes into his first-ever rut.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rut.
- 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega?: Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 36:
Translations
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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 or mating season.
- (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
- Synonyms: do it, get some, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
- (transitive, rare) To have sexual intercourse with.
- Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- 2004, Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom:
- “Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good! […]”
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Cinyras and Myrrha, out of the Tenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphosis”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 175:
- VVhat Piety forbids the luſty Ram / Or more ſalacious Goat, to rut their Dam?
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Etymology 2
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Probably from Middle English route, from Middle French route (“road”), from Old French route. See also rutter.
Noun
[edit]rut (plural ruts)
- A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]
- (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
- Synonym: routine
- (figurative) A dull routine.
- Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.
- 1980, Paul Weller (lyrics and music), “Going Underground”, in Setting Sons, performed by The Jam:
- Some people might say my life is in a rut / I'm quite happy with what I got
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Verb
[edit]rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)
- (transitive) To make a furrow.
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Further reading
[edit]See also
[edit]- rut roh (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
[edit]Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- rot (southern Moselle Franconian and Siegerland)
Etymology
[edit]From Old High German rōt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rut (masculine rude or ruhe, feminine and plural rut or ruh or rude, comparative ruder or ruher, superlative et rutste)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) red
Usage notes
[edit]- The inflections with loss of -d- are restricted to westernmost Ripuarian.
See also
[edit]Wieß, Wies, Weiß | Jries, Greis, Jroo, Groo | Zjwats, Schwats |
Rut, Roeëd; Kérmes, Karmieng | Amber; Brong, Broun, Brung, Broeng | Jäl, Jeël, Jell, Gäl; Oker |
Liem, Lich Jrön | Jrön, Green, Grien, Jreun, Jröng | Minz Jrön; Donkeljrön, Donkerjreun, Donkeljröng |
Turquoise, Turkwaas | Blau (Hellblau, Himmelblau) | Blau, Blauw, Bloo, Bloh (Donkelblau, Donkelbloo) |
Violett; Indiego | Majénta; Lila | Rose, Rosrut |
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French rut, ruit, inherited from Latin rugītus. Doublet of rugi, past participle of rugir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rut m (plural ruts)
- rut (sexual excitement)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “rut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]rut
- gobble (representation of the sound of a turkey; can be used repetitively)
- 1893, Kálmán Mikszáth, Az eladó birtok[1]:
- Csak az eperfa alatt sétálgató, felborzolt tollú pulyka kiabálta: rut, rut.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)[2]:
- Rút! Rút! Rút! / Föl is, le is út: / mérges Pulyka, te szereted / csak a háborút!
- Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! / Go away: / angry Turkey, only you like / war!
- 2018 July 22, Csanádi Imre, Hangverseny (Concert)[3]:
- Pulyka mondja: rut, rut, rut! / Aki kapzsi, mindig rút!
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Vilamovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Akin to German rot, Old Saxon rōd, Old Dutch rōd (modern Dutch rood)
Adjective
[edit]rūt
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