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Rut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rutting.] To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
rut
n 1: a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by
wheels)
2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
"they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: groove]
3: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened
sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat]
[ant: anestrus]
v 1: be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[syn: furrow, groove]
[also: rutting, rutted]