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rut¹
- /ɹʌt/ [ɹʌʔ]
- /ɹʊt/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌt
Where it comes from
From Middle English rutte (noun) and rutten (verb), from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).
noun ruts
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Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season; the state or season in which this is experienced.
Similar: heat
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement. Near-synonyms: grunt, roar
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
- In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat. 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 ruts · rutting · rutted
- To be in the annual rut or mating season.
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To have sexual intercourse.
“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 rutt
Similar: do it, get some, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations
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To have sexual intercourse with.
“Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good![…]”
Similar: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, have, know
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To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation.
Near-synonym: hump
Similar: hump
rut²
- /ɹʌt/ [ɹʌʔ]
- /ɹʊt/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌt
Where it comes from
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.
noun ruts
verb ruts · rutting · rutted
- To make a furrow.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: estrus, oestrus, heat, furrow, groove, quagmire, morass, hole, pothole, slump, hook, logjam, dead-end, gridlock, predicament, impasse
Translations
Every language
noun sexual desire or oestrus
| Español | estro, brama, celo, berrea, cachondez |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 발정 baljeong |
| 日本語 | 発情 hatsujō |
| 中文 | 發情 /发情 fāqíng |
| Português | cio |
| Français | rut |
| Deutsch | Brunft, Brunst |
| Italiano | estro, foia, fregola |
| Русский | полова́я охо́та polovája oxóta, полово́е возбужде́ние polovóje vozbuždénije, гон gon, те́чка téčka, э́струс éstrus |
verb to be in the annual rut
| Español | estar en brama / celo, encelarse, extremarse |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 盛りがつく sakari ga tsuku |
| Português | estar em cio |
| Français | être en rut |
| Deutsch | brunften, brunsten |
| Русский | быть в охо́те bytʹ v oxóte |
noun furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground
| Español | rodera, surco, rodada, sulco, rodal, carrilera |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 轍 wadachi |
| 中文 | 轍 /辙 zhé |
| Português | sulco, rodeira |
| Français | ornière |
| Deutsch | Furche, Spur, Spurrille |
| Română | urmă, făgaș, șanț, rutină |
| Русский | колея́ kolejá, борозда́ borozdá |
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title = {rut},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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