rut
/ɹʌt/ [ɹʌʔ] verb C2- To be in the annual rut or mating season.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation. · Near-synonym: hump
He/she/it ruts · Past rutted · Past participle rutted · -ing form rutting
Verb forms
- Base form
- rut
- He/she/it
- ruts
- Past
- rutted
- Past participle
- rutted
- -ing form
- rutting
From the library
“It’s just _staying_, that’s what,” she said as she stepped along the deep-rutted, grassy lane bordered with wild rose bushes.
Glow-worm in the highway rut,
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