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Rut

//ɹʌt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
  3. 3
    a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape wordnet
  4. 4
    The noise made by deer during sexual excitement. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: grunt, roar"

  5. 5
    A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. figuratively
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  1. 6
    a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) wordnet
  2. 7
    Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A dull routine. figuratively

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

  4. 9
    applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity wordnet
  5. 10
    In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat. countable, slang, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be in the annual rut or mating season. intransitive
  2. 2
    To make a furrow. transitive
  3. 3
    hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove wordnet
  4. 4
    To have sexual intercourse. intransitive
  5. 5
    be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals wordnet
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  1. 6
    To have sexual intercourse with. rare, transitive

    "“Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good![…]”"

  2. 7
    To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation. intransitive, slang

    "Near-synonym: hump"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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

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