RUT

Rut

The rut is the mating season of ruminant animals such as deer, sheep, elk, moose, caribou, ibex, goats, pronghorn and Asian and African antelope.

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rut

Noun

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

Noun (etymology 2)

  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 routine
    Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.

Verb

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

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To make a furrow


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