rut

plural ruts

1. countableuncountablebiologySexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season; the state or season in which this is experienced.First known use early 15th c.

   Synonyms: heat

2. countableuncountableThe noise made by deer during sexual excitement.

   Near-synonyms: grunt, roar

   Synonyms: grunt, roar

3. countableuncountableRoaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
4. countableslanguncountablelifestyleIn omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat.

   Early in Wicked Game, Steve goes into his first-ever rut.

   2019, Chris van der Vegt, "The Second Genders: Utopia and Dystopia in Stranger Things Omegaverse Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Utrecht University, page 23

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   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.

   2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega?: Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 36

   All the characters in this story pressure Dean to help Castiel through his rut, and clearly consider Dean’s resistance to be immature and an overreaction.

   2019, Tessa Barone, "Just Go Find Yourself a Nice Alpha: Gender and Consent in Supernatural Fandom's Alpha/Beta/Omega Universe", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 34

present singular third person ruts · participle present rutting · participle past rutted · past rutted

1. intransitiveTo be in the annual rut or mating season.

   Synonyms: blissom, brim, bull, oestruate

2. intransitiveTo have sexual intercourse.

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   “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 ruttin’ on my Mayella!”

   1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms: do it, get some, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate

3. raretransitiveTo have sexual intercourse with.

   VVhat Piety forbids the luſty Ram / Or more ſalacious Goat, to rut their Dam?

   1700, [John] Dryden, “Cinyras and Myrrha, out of the Tenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphosis”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 175

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   “Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good![…]”

   2004, Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom

   Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight

4. intransitiveslangTo rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation.

   Near-synonym: hump

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   We have just rescued a dog from a shelter; she has a great personality, except the one problem with her is that she ocassionally^([sic]) likes to "rut" against my husband's leg or arm !

   1999 May 22, Joanna Woodcock, “Female dog desire ?”, in alt.animals.dog (Usenet)

   I'd bend over and wait...and wait...and wait... finally turning around to see him rutting against a table leg.

   2001 September 8, Looney, “On a sidenote”, in alt.underground (Usenet)

   Synonyms: hump

plural ruts

1. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.First known use 16th c.

   Synonyms: groove, furrow

2. figurativelyA fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.First known use 19th c.

   Synonyms: routine

3. figurativelyA dull routine.

   Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.

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   Some people might say my life is in a rut / I'm quite happy with what I got

   1980, Paul Weller, “Going Underground”, in Setting Sons, performed by The Jam

present singular third person ruts · participle present rutting · participle past rutted · past rutted

1. transitiveTo make a furrow.