rut, groove
(noun) a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; “they fell into a conversational rut”
rut
(noun) a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
estrus, oestrus, heat, rut
(noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
furrow, rut, groove
(verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; “furrow soil”
rut
(verb) be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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.
(transitive, rare) To have sexual intercourse with.
• (be in mating season): blissom, brim, bull, oestruate
• (have sexual intercourse): do it, get some, have sex; see also copulate
• (have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also copulate with
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.]
Synonyms: groove, furrow
(figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
Synonym: routine
(figurative) A dull routine.
rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)
(transitive) To make a furrow.
• RTU, URT, UTR, tur
Source: Wiktionary
Rut, n. Etym: [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. ruditus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; -sp called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
Rut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rutting.]
Definition: To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
Rut, v. t.
Definition: To cover in copulation. Dryden.
Rut, n. Etym: [variant of route.]
Definition: A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. in a rut.
Rut, v. t.
Definition: To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj; as, a rutted road.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 November 2024
(noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; “he gave the suspect a quick frisk”
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