Rut definition
A buck in rut.
An example of rut is to make a track in the mud with a bicycle.
An example of a rut is a track in the ground from a bike.
An example of a rut is following the same routine each and every day.
An example of a rut is a period of sexual excitement in a male goat.
A buck in rut.
Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of rut
- Middle English rutte from Old French rut from Vulgar Latin rūgitus from rūgere to roar from Latin rūgīre to roar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Possibly alteration of route
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old French "˜noise, roar, bellowing', from Latin rugitus, from rugire "˜to roar'
From Wiktionary
- 16th century. Probably from French route "˜road'
From Wiktionary