What (who) is rutting$71481$ - definition
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Ruts; Rutting; Rut (disambiguation)
rut
n.
groove, furrow
1) a deep rut (in a road)
dreary routine
2) in a rut
rut
rut1
¦ noun
1. a long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.
2. a routine or pattern of behaviour that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change.
Derivatives
rutted adjective
rutty adjective
Origin
C16: prob. from OFr. rute (see route).
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rut2
¦ noun an annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females.
¦ verb (ruts, rutting, rutted) engage in such activity.
Derivatives
ruttish adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. rugitus, from rugire 'to roar'.
rut
(ruts)
1.
If you say that someone is in a rut, you disapprove of the fact that they have become fixed in their way of thinking and doing things, and find it difficult to change. You can also say that someone's life or career is in a rut.
I don't like being in a rut-I like to keep moving on...
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu in a N [disapproval]
2.
A rut is a deep, narrow mark made in the ground by the wheels of a vehicle.
Our driver slowed up as we approached the ruts in the road.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
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