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rut

UK/ɹʌt/ [ɹʌʔ/ US/ɹʊt/ fairly common slang
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)

2.

a military operation by both land and sea forces

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3.

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

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verb

1.

be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

2.

hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

  • “furrow soil”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • in a rut
  • stuck in a rut

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