[rut] n [ME rutte, fr. MF rut roar, fr. LL rugitus, fr. L rugire to roar; akin to MIr rucht roar, OCS ruzati to neigh] (15c) 1: an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer; broadly: sexual excitement in a mammal (as estrus in the female) esp. when periodic
2: the period during which rut normally occurs--often used with the
[2]rut vi rut.ted ; rut.ting (1625): to be in or enter into a state of rut [3]rut n [perh. modif. of MF route way, route] (1580) 1 a: a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage b: a groove in which something runs c: channel, furrow
2: a usual or fixed practice; esp: a monotonous routine "fall easily into a conversational ~" [4]rut vt rut.ted ; rut.ting (1607): to make a rut in: furrow