Rut \Rut\, n. [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. rugitus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; -- so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.] 1. (Physiol.) Sexual desire or [oe]strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the [oe]strus exists.
2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See {Rote}.
Rut \Rut\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rutting}.] To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
Rut \Rut\, v. t. To cover in copulation. --Dryden.
Rut \Rut\, n. [variant of route.] A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
Rut \Rut\, v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
Some analysts think the stock could sit in a rut, near its current price, for several months.
During the rut the elk assert dominance enough to collect their harems.
Ralph Taylor, a state wildlife official, said the moose should be out of rut by now, but perhaps is being kept sexually active by the proximity of heifers in heat.
'The economy is up and running; we're out of the rut,' said Mr Allen Sinai, an economist at Boston Co Economic Advisers. Yet sceptics abound.
We are all in our favorite rut." Manfred Caspari, a retired European Community official, started shaking things up in June 1990, the month that he joined Hercules Inc.'s board.
During the autumn rut the three largest deer species - fallow, sika and red - are at their most striking.
The male deer were bare-headed for they lose their antlers after the autumn rut; they are thus disadvantaged during the winter when the calf-carrying females, which retain their antlers, need food more urgently.
Instead, they suggest averaging several quarters, adding that the economy appears to be stuck in a rut of roughly 2.5% growth.
One is that the circles are caused by hedgehogs gone mad, or by buck deer in rut.
After some hesitation, Mr. Gorbachev has now decided that, like Mr. Deng, he must break out of this rut.
In a videotaped message beamed to 206 TV stations last month, Mr. LeMasters pokes fun at himself and CBS's ratings rut, borrowing a gag from the Isuzu "liar" commercials.