rut 1
/rut/ , n. , v. , rutted, rutting .
n.
1. a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
2. any furrow, groove, etc.
3. a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising: to fall into a rut.
v.t.
4. to make a rut or ruts in; furrow.
[ 1570-80; perh. var. of ROUTE ]
rut 2
/rut/ , n. , v. , rutted, rutting .
n.
1. the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
v.i.
2. to be in the condition of rut.
[ 1375-1425; late ME rutte rut, ruit rugitus a roaring, equiv. to L rugi ( re ) to roar + -tus suffix of v. action ]