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rutted

UK/ˈɹʌtɪd/

rutted is the simple past and past participle 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

Adjective

rutted (comparative more rutted, superlative most rutted)

  1. Marked or grooved with ruts.
    • It was as much as part of her days as stale bread and the blisters on her toes after a long day of walking the hard, rutted road.1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 413

Forms of rutted

comparativemore rutted
superlativemost rutted

Origin of rutted

From rut + -ed.

Words formed from rutted

Words that rhyme with rutted

Questions about rutted

What does rutted mean?
Rutted means marked or grooved with ruts.
What is rutted the simple past and past participle of?
Rutted is the simple past and past participle of rut.
What part of speech is rutted?
Rutted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce rutted?
Rutted is pronounced /ˈɹʌtɪd/ (UK).

Words near rutted in the dictionary

  1. rutsched
  2. rutsches
  3. rutsching
  4. rutstroemiaceous
  5. Rutt
  6. rutted
  7. ruttee
  8. ruttees
  9. Rutten
  10. Ruttens
  11. rutter

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