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rut

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rut"

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English rutte (noun) and rutten (verb), from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).

Noun edit

rut (plural ruts)

  1. (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals. [from early 15th c.]
  2. The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
  3. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
  4. (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to 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:
      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.
    • 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:
      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, Chris van der Vegt, "The Second Genders: Utopia and Dystopia in​ Stranger Things Omegaverse Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Utrecht University, page 23:
      Early in ​Wicked Game,​ Steve goes into his first-ever rut.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rut.
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Verb edit

rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

  1. (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
    Synonyms: blissom, brim, bull, oestruate
  2. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
    Synonyms: do it, get some, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
  3. (transitive, rare) To have sexual intercourse with.
    Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
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Etymology 2 edit

 
a rut on a main road (sense 1)

Probably from Middle English route, from Middle French route (“road”), from Old French route. See also rutter.

Noun edit

rut (plural ruts)

  1. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: groove, furrow
  2. (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
    Synonym: routine
  3. (figurative) A dull routine.
    Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.
    • 1980, Paul Weller (lyrics and music), “Going Underground”, in Setting Sons, performed by The Jam:
      Some people might say my life is in a rut / I'm quite happy with what I got
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Verb edit

rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

  1. (transitive) To make a furrow.
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Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • rot (southern Moselle Franconian and Siegerland)

Etymology edit

From Old High German rōt.

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Adjective edit

rut (masculine rude or ruhe, feminine and plural rut or ruh or rude, comparative ruder or ruher, superlative et rutste)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) red

Usage notes edit

  • The inflections with loss of -d- are restricted to westernmost Ripuarian.

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Colors in Central Franconian · Färve (layout · text)
     Wieß, Wies, Weiß      Jries, Greis, Jroo, Groo      Zjwats, Schwats
             Rut, Roeëd; Kérmes, Karmieng              Amber; Brong, Broun, Brung, Broeng              Jäl, Jeël, Jell, Gäl; Oker
             Liem, Lich Jrön              Jrön, Green, Grien, Jreun, Jröng              Minz Jrön; Donkeljrön, Donkerjreun, Donkeljröng
             Turquoise, Turkwaas              Blau (Hellblau, Himmelblau)              Blau, Blauw, Bloo, Bloh (Donkelblau, Donkelbloo)
             Violett; Indiego              Majénta; Lila              Rose, Rosrut

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French rut, ruit, inherited from Latin rugītus. Doublet of rugi, past participle of rugir.

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Noun edit

rut m (plural ruts)

  1. rut (sexual excitement)

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Hungarian edit

FWOTD – 26 November 2020

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Etymology edit

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈrut]
  • Hyphenation: rut
  • Rhymes: -ut

Interjection edit

rut

  1. gobble (representation of the sound of a turkey; can be used repetitively)
    • 1893, Kálmán Mikszáth, Az eladó birtok‎[1]:
      Csak az eperfa alatt sétálgató, felborzolt tollú pulyka kiabálta: rut, rut.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎[2]:
      Rút! Rút! Rút! / Föl is, le is út: / mérges Pulyka, te szereted / csak a háborút!
      Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! / Go away: / angry Turkey, only you like / war!
    • 2018 July 22, Csanádi Imre, Hangverseny (Concert)‎[3]:
      Pulyka mondja: rut, rut, rut! / Aki kapzsi, mindig rút!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Etymology edit

From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Akin to German rot, Old Saxon rōd, Old Dutch rōd (modern Dutch rood)

Adjective edit

rūt

  1. red
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