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rut

1  [ruht] ,noun, verb, rut⋅ted, rut⋅ting.
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–noun
1. a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
2. any furrow, groove, etc.
3. a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising: to fall into a rut.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make a rut or ruts in; furrow.
Origin:
1570–80; perh. var. of route

rut

2  [ruht] ,noun, verb, rut⋅ted, rut⋅ting.
–noun
1. the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
–verb (used without object)
2. to be in the condition of rut.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME rutte < MF rut, ruit < LL rugītus a roaring, equiv. to L rugī(re) to roar + -tus suffix of v. action
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rut 1   (rŭt)   
n.  

  1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.

  2. A fixed, usually boring routine.

tr.v.   rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To furrow.

[Possibly alteration of route.]
rut 2   (rŭt)   
n.  

  1. An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.

  2. A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.

intr.v.   rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To be in rut.

[Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus, from *rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

rut  (2)
"animal mating season" (originally of deer), c.1410, from O.Fr. rut, ruit, from L.L. rutigum (nom. rugitus) "a bellowing," from pp. of L. rugire "to bellow." The verb is recorded from c.1625.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2rut
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: rut·ted; rut·ting
: to be in or enter into a state of rut
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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