rutting


rut 1

R0357100 (rŭt)n.1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.2. An uninspired routine or pattern of behavior that one continues unthinkingly or because change is difficult.tr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts To make ruts in (a path, for example).
[Possibly alteration of route.]

rut 2

R0357100 (rŭt)n.1. A regularly recurring condition of fertility during which breeding occurs in certain mammals, especially deer and various other ungulates: a buck in rut.2. The period during which this condition occurs.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.]

rutting

(ˈrʌtɪŋ) adjin a period of sexual excitement and activity
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