rut

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season.
2. (countable, uncountable) The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
3. (countable, uncountable) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
2. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
3. (rare, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
4. (intransitive, slang) To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation.

Verb

To make a furrow.

Hevwate

groove

furrow

track

estrus

oestrus

routine

channel

heat

be in heat

path

🛣️

slot

recess

wheel track

mating season

pot-hole

pothole

gash

habit

hole

🕳️

indent

indentation

pit

pitting

plash

plow

puddle

quirk

rebate

rift

ruck

rutting season

scallops

scour

stain

tracking

trough

wake

welt

mud puddle

estrum

get on heat

crack

depression

cover a female

have a rut

have rut

line of fate

steel pit

pairing-season

aperture

Werger

ornière

rodada

rut

cio

chaleur

spoor

rodera

rotaia

Wagenspur

Brunft

Furche

carril

Spur

fregola

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ɹʌt/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: rutte

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: route

In summary

From Middle English rutte (noun) and rutten (verb), from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).