rut

noun

  1. 1

    a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

    they fell into a conversational rut

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

verb

  1. 1

    hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

    furrow soil

  2. 2

    be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

Synonyms

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