What does RUT mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rutnoun

    a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)

  2. rut, groovenoun

    a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

    "they fell into a conversational rut"

  3. estrus, oestrus, heat, rutverb

    applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

  4. rutverb

    be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

  5. furrow, rut, grooveverb

    hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

    "furrow soil"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rutnoun

    Etymology: rut, Fr.

    The time of going to rut of deer is in September; for that they need the whole summer’s feed to make them fit for generation: and if rain come about the middle of September, they go to rut somewhat the sooner. Francis Bacon.

    The ground hereof was the observation of this part in deer after immoderate venery, and about the end of their rut. Bro.

  2. To Rutverb

    To desire to come together. Used of deer.

    Etymology: ruit, Fr.

Wikipedia

  1. Rut

    Rut is a song by American rock band The Killers for their fifth studio album, Wonderful Wonderful (2017). It was serviced to UK hot adult contemporary radio on December 9, 2017, as the album's third single. The accompanying music video, directed by Danny Drysdale, was released on January 9, 2018, and depicts a woman who suffers from loneliness and depression at several points in her life, from a childhood to adulthood. The single peaked at number 10 on the New Zealand Heatseeker Singles chart.

ChatGPT

  1. rut

    A rut is a habitual or fixed routine that is dull and unproductive, and difficult to change. It can also refer to a long deep track made by the repeated passage of vehicles. In an animal context, rut is the period of sexual excitement in some mammals, notably deer, during which the males fight each other for access to the females.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rutnoun

    sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists

  2. Rutnoun

    roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote

  3. Rutverb

    to have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc

  4. Rutverb

    to cover in copulation

  5. Rutnoun

    a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively

  6. Rutverb

    to make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road

  7. Etymology: [variant of route.]

Wikidata

  1. Rut

    The rut is the mating season of ruminant animals such as deer, sheep, elk, moose, caribou, ibex, goats, pronghorn and Asian and African antelope. During the rut, males often rub their antlers or horns on trees or shrubs, fight with each other, wallow in mud or dust, and herd estrus females together. The rut in many species is triggered by a shortening of the length of daylight hours each day. The timing of the rut for different species depends on the length of their gestation period, usually occurring so the young are born in the spring, shortly after new green growth has appeared, and when the temperatures are warm enough that the young will not die of hypothermia.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rut

    rut, n. a track left by a wheel: an established course.—v.t. to form ruts in:—pr.p. rut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. rut′ted.adj. Rut′ty, full of ruts. [O. Fr. route—Low L. rupta, a way.]

  2. Rut

    rut, n. the noise made by deer during sexual excitement: the periodic time of heat of animals.—v.i. to be in heat.—v.t. (rare) to copulate with.—adj. Rut′tish, inclined to rut: lustful.—n. Rut′tishness, libidinousness. [O. Fr. ruit, rut—L. rugitusrugīre, to roar.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RUT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rut is ranked #111988 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rut surname appeared 157 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rut.

    76.4% or 120 total occurrences were White.
    10.8% or 17 total occurrences were Black.
    9.5% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RUT in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RUT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of RUT in a Sentence

  1. Gerald Burrill:

    The difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

  2. Karen Ward:

    Oil is a game-changer, as inflation picks up the fear of getting into a Japan-style deflation rut will recede. But underlying growth is still fairly subdued so this rise in oil price won't be leading to any rampant inflationary pressure.

  3. Christine Lavin:

    There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.

  4. John Dewey:

    The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a pet notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

  5. Gilberto Reyes-Chuela:

    They'll come in and bring like a little box, and they'll ask for money so they could send the body back to their home country to be buried... Sometimes you recognize the people and -- this is more of a mental thing -- you realize that life is short, i don't know if we're turning a corner or getting out of it, but I think we're just in a rut.

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  • شبقArabic
  • říjet, říjeCzech
  • trummerum, vaneDanish
  • brunften, furchen, Furche, Brunft, Spurrille, Trott, Spur, Brunst, brunstenGerman
  • rodada, estro, celo, brama, estar en brama, surcar, estar en celoSpanish
  • kiima-aika, kiima, uurre, ura, uurtaaFinnish
  • voie de garage, ornière, sillonner, rutFrench
  • clais, dàmhairScottish Gaelic
  • 盛りがつく, 轍, 発情Japanese
  • 암내Korean
  • riestsLatvian
  • bronstDutch
  • koleinaPolish
  • [[estar]] [[em]] [[cio]], cio, sulcoPortuguese
  • половая охота, колея, борозда, половое возбуждение, привычка, рутина, гон, быть в охотеRussian
  • goniti se, tjerati se, estrusSerbo-Croatian
  • brunst, löpaSwedish
  • boğasamak, kızışma, kızışmakTurkish

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