Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season.
The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
Near-synonyms: grunt, roar
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
To be in the annual rut or mating season.
From Middle English rutte (noun) and rutten (verb), from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).
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To have sexual intercourse.
To make a furrow.