ruts

Noun (1)

rut (countable and uncountable, plural ruts)

1. Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season; the state or season in which this is experienced.

   Synonyms:

   heat

2. The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
   • Near-synonyms: grunt, roar

   Synonyms:

   grunt, roar

3. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
4. (slang) In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat.
   • 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.2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega?: Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 36

Noun (2)

rut (plural ruts)

1. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.

   Synonyms:

   groove, furrow

2. (figuratively) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.

   Synonyms:

   routine

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