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rut

/ɹʌt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
  2. The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
  3. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
  4. To be in the annual rut or mating season.
  5. To have sexual intercourse.
  6. To have sexual intercourse with.
  7. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
  8. A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.
  9. A dull routine.
  10. To make a furrow.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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