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rutey

rutey is the archaic form of rut.

Meaning of rut

Verb (1)

rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

  1. (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
    Synonyms:
    blissom, brim, bull, oestruate
  2. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
    • “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...1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
  3. (rare, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
    • “Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good![…]”2004, Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom
  4. (intransitive, slang) To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation.
    • Near-synonym: hump
    Synonyms:
    hump

Verb (2)

rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

  1. (transitive) To make a furrow.

See all 12 meanings of rut

Words formed from rutey

Questions about rutey

What is rutey the archaic form of?
Rutey is the archaic form of rut.

Words near rutey in the dictionary

  1. rutelids
  2. ruteline
  3. Ruter
  4. Ruters
  5. rutes
  6. rutey
  7. rutey time
  8. RUTF
  9. RUTFs
  10. Rutgers
  11. Rutgerses

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