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rut

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Rutul.

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English rutte (noun) and rutten (verb), from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).

Noun

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rut (countable and uncountable, plural ruts)

  2. (zoology) Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season; the state or season in which this is experienced. [from early 15th c.]
    Synonym: heat
    Hyponyms: estrus, oestrus, musth
  3. The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
    Near-synonyms: grunt, roar
  4. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
  5. (fandom slang, countable, uncountable) 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.
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Verb

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rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

  1. (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
    Synonyms: blissom, brim, bull, oestruate
  2. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
    Synonyms: do it, get some, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
    • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
      “Well, Mayella was raisin‘ this holy racket so I dropped m’load and run as fast as I could but I run into th’ fence, but when I got distangled I run up to th‘ window and I seen—” Mr. Ewell’s face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. “—I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!”
  3. (transitive, rare) To have sexual intercourse with.
    Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
  4. (slang, intransitive) To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation.
    Near-synonym: hump
    • 1999 May 22, Joanna Woodcock, “Female dog desire ?”, in alt.animals.dog‎[1] (Usenet):
      We have just rescued a dog from a shelter; she has a great personality, except the one problem with her is that she ocassionally[sic] likes to "rut" against my husband's leg or arm !
    • 2001 September 8, Looney, “On a sidenote”, in alt.underground‎[2] (Usenet):
      I'd bend over and wait...and wait...and wait... finally turning around to see him rutting against a table leg.
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Etymology 2

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a rut on a main road (sense 1)

Origin uncertain. Possibly from Middle English route, from Middle French route (“road”), from Old French route. See also rutter.

Alternatively, possibly an alteration of rit (“groove, furrow”), from Middle English ritten (“to score, scratch, cut, tear open”). More at rit.

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rut (plural ruts)

  1. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: groove, furrow
  2. (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
    Synonym: routine
  3. (figurative) A dull routine.
    Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.
    • 1980, Paul Weller, “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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rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

  1. (transitive) To make a furrow.
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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • rot (southern Moselle Franconian and Siegerland)

Etymology

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From Old High German rōt.

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Adjective

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rut (masculine rude or ruhe, feminine and plural rut or ruh or rude, comparative ruder or ruher, superlative et rutste)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) red

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  • The inflections with loss of -d- are restricted to westernmost Ripuarian.

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Colors in Central Franconian · Färve (layout · text)
     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

Classical Gaelic

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Pronoun

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rut

  1. second-person singular of re

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French rut, ruit, inherited from Latin rugītus. Doublet of rugi, past participle of rugir.

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Noun

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rut m (plural ruts)

  1. rut (sexual excitement)

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Hungarian

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FWOTD – 26 November 2020

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrut]
  • Hyphenation: rut
  • Rhymes: -ut

Interjection

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rut

  1. gobble (representation of the sound of a turkey; can be used repetitively)
    • 1893, Kálmán Mikszáth, Az eladó birtok‎[3]:
      Csak az eperfa alatt sétálgató, felborzolt tollú pulyka kiabálta: rut, rut.
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    • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎[4], archived from the original on 19 October 2018:
      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)‎[5]:
      Pulyka mondja: rut, rut, rut! / Aki kapzsi, mindig rút!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

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Verb

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rut

  1. (dialectal) to tighten

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Verb

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rut (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵓⵜ)

  1. masculine plural aorist imperative of ru

Vilamovian

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Etymology

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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)

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rūt

  1. red
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