Rut

Old French ‘noise, roar, bellowing’, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’

Full definition of rut

Noun

1. (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.

Verb

1. (intransitive) to be in the annual rut
2. (intransitive) to have sexual intercourse
3. (transitive) To mount or cover during copulation.

16th century. Probably from French route ‘road’

Noun

1. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
2. A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
3. A dull routineDull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a furrow

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