Rut

/ɹʌt/ [ɹʌʔ] · noun

Meaning

(zoology) Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season..

Definitions by Sense

1. (zoology) Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season.
2. The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
3. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
4. (fandom slang, countable, uncountable) In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat.
5. (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
6. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
7. (transitive, rare) To have sexual intercourse with.
8. (slang, intransitive) To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: grunt, roar

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.

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.

Early in Wicked Game, Steve goes into his first-ever rut.

“Well, Mayella was raisin‘ this holy racket so I dropped m’load and run as fast as I could but I run into th’ fence, but when I got distangled I run up to th‘ window and I seen—” Mr. Ewell’s face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. “—I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!”

“Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good![…]”

VVhat Piety forbids the luſty Ram / Or more ſalacious Goat, to rut their Dam?

Near-synonym: hump

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Word Forms

• ruts
• rutting
• rutted

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